Cathay Williams was the only documented female buffalo soldier. From 1866 to 1868, an uneducated, illiterate former slave managed to deceive her fellow soldiers, officers and post medical personnel.
Frederick Douglass didn’t agree with everything President Abraham Lincoln said when they first met, but he left with a new fondness for Lincoln after they spoke about justice and equality for black soldiers.
Jordan has marked the U.S. delivery of 12 Black Hawk helicopters over the past nine months with a military ceremony, including a hostage rescue drill and a flyover.