In April 1917, Congress approved President Woodrow Wilson's request to declare war on the Central Powers, thrusting the United States into World War I with the

In World War I, 104 African American doctors joined the United States Army to care for the 40,000 men of the 92nd and 93rd Divisions, the Army's only black comb

Many black soldiers serving in the U.S. Army during World War II hoped that they might make permanent gains as a result of their military service and their will

"A complete account from official sources of the participation of African Americans in World War I including their involvement in war work organizations like th

For the 380,000 African American soldiers who fought in World War I, Woodrow Wilson's charge to make the world "safe for democracy" carried life-or-death meanin