Years after Florida military officials say they were first notified about potential graves of a former Black cemetery on the grounds of what is currently MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The U.S. Air Force plans to expand its search for gravesites in a former Black cemetery at a base in Florida after discovering 121 potential sites already, a base official said.

He graduated from officer candidate school and retired after 36 years as the military's highest-ranking Black officer, his first assignment at the base that now bears his name with its whites-only ...

FT. JOHNSON, La. — A U.S. Army base in western Louisiana has been renamed to honor Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black hero of World War I who received the Medal of Honor nearly a century later.

A Louisiana Army base named after a Confederate general has been renamed after a Black war hero and Medal of Honor recipient. Western Louisiana’s Fort Polk, named after Confederate commander ...

TAMPA, Fla. — An archaeological survey at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa confirmed 121 potential graves from a destroyed Black cemetery, base officials said Thursday. According to MacDill's ...

FORT JOHNSON, La. — A U.S. Army base in western Louisiana was renamed Tuesday to honor Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black hero of World War I who received the Medal of Honor nearly a century later.