African American Civil War Memorial

Helen Henderson, 82 years old and African American, sat in the sunshine at 52d and Locust yesterday, waiting for Barack Obama to arrive.  

When he read an early draft of the script for "The Express," Rob Brown decided that the role of star running back Ernie Davis, the first African American to win the Heisman trophy, was "mine to lose." And if ...  

The story of Syracuse running back Ernie Davis - the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy, in 1961, two years before he succumbed to leukemia - is absolutely worthy of a big-screen retelling.  

Presidential election year 2008 has become an election year of firsts - the first time an African-American has won his party's nomination, the first time a woman has claimed the number two spot on the GOP ...  

University Park, Pa. -- Blogs allow African-Americans to discuss HIV and AIDS in an unfiltered way that is both public and private, according to a Penn State researcher, and this exploration may lead to another ...  

Although the overall U.S. abortion rate is at its lowest level since 1974, the drop has been far more dramatic for whites than for African Americans, who in 2004 had abortions at five times the rate of white ...  

The African American Leadership Council's leader remains adamant that all the money he received from his largest donor went to the betterment of the North Greenwood community, especially its children.  

Sen. Barack Obama's economic plan would help African-American families regain some of the losses they've experienced during the Bush years, campaign officials said this week.  

Bates County is host to one of the most historic battles in Civil War history and commemorates the first military engagement by African and Native American Troops with a special monument dedication.