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Johnson Gideon Beharry is Britain’s highest decorated serving soldier. He became a national hero after risking his life...

William Henry Johnson emerged from his participation in the First World War as one of the most extraordinary...

James Armistead [Lafayette], an enslaved African American, was the most important revolutionary war spy during the American Revolution. Born into the Maafa (slavery) around December 10, 1748, in New Kent, Virginia,...

Benjamin Oliver Davis, Sr., was the first African-American general for the U.S. Army. His army career dated from...

Vicente Guerrero was one of the principal military leaders of Mexico’s struggle for independence and the country’s second...

[dropcap size=small]G[/dropcap]eneral Thomas Alexandre Dumas, called “Alexandre the Greatest” was the highest-ranking Black man of all time in a continental European army. He was the first Black man in the French...

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