Black Sailors in the Civil War. Pease was one of eight Black sailors awarded the Medal of Honor from among about 18,000 Black sailors who served the Union during the Civil War, according to Navy ...

In 1973, the Navy paid tribute to Miller by commissioning a frigate in his name. There’s also a park at Pearl Harbor that’s named after him, and he was featured on a U.S. postage stamp in 2010.

Book Review: Black Sailors in the Civil War: A History of Fugitives, Freemen and Freedmen Aboard Union Vessels. Archives. Latest; Most Read; ... open to Black enlistees, some even rising to petty ...

Navy ship with a Confederate name now honors Black Union Hero Robert Smalls instead The navy is renaming the USS Chancellorsville, a name honoring a Confederate victory. It will now be the USS ...

The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who refused to go back to work after an explosion that killed hundreds of people in 1944, the military service announced Wednesday.

The US Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were found to be unjustly punished in 1944 following a horrific port explosion that killed hundreds of service members and exposed racist double ...

Navy exonerates Black sailors in deadly 1944 port blast. Families say it was long overdue. While white officers were given hardship leave after the deadly 1944 explosion, Black sailors were tasked ...

Several Black enlisted and commissioned sailors suffering from PFB shared the same sentiment: that the Navy’s formal policies toward their condition — and the sea service’s informal attitude ...