Citizens of an all-black town told land rushers to stay away. Around 1890, Edward McCabe helped found the all-black town of Langston, about 10 miles...
A Solemn Warning
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Red, White, and Black: The US Army in the West 1866-1891
After four years of fighting, the Civil War ended. The victorious Union Army soon disbanded, leaving behind a small force of regulars to such...
Cherokee Bill
Bold, Brazen Bank-Robbing Bandit of the Indian Territory
Buffalo Soldiers Blacks reached new heights of glory during the Indian Wars in the West, where they became known as “Buffalo Soldiers” by the Indians because of the texture of their hair...
African-Americans fought bravely in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the Civil War, where nearly 180,000 Union soldiers were black. Of...