CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- Eighty years ago, at the height of World War II, the first Black Marines arrived for basic training at Camp Montford Point, a segregated section of Camp Lejeune. Between 1942 and ...

Alfreda Masters, the daughter of the first enlisted Black man to serve in the Marine Corps, told ABC News she finds it "unbelievable" that the webpage honoring her father's service has been taken down ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Four families of Montford Point Marines were awarded Congressional Gold Medals Saturday during a celebration at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia. The ...

None — JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- From 1942 to 1949, more than 23,000 African American marine recruits were trained at Camp Montford Point. Vincent Calhoun and Leroy Jones, both from Jacksonville, were ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Join WECT as we celebrate Black History Month by highlighting some of the people, places, and events that shaped black history here in southeastern NC and beyond. The ...

The Azubuike African American Council for The Arts is hosting the local premiere of the documentary, "The Montford Point Marines: The First African American Marines Unit," tonight at the auditorium in ...

Buffalo Soldiers have been mythologized in movies, television, and popular songs. Despite this romanticism, their history is ...

Adriyana Bailey's project addresses historical neglect in African American cemeteries, especially those honoring fallen ...