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The North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs paid tribute to one of the first Black recruits in the U.S. Marine Corps.

In North Carolina, key buildings at a 1940s-era segregated Marine base are being restored. The structures at Montford Point, now part of Camp Lejeune, were used by the first Black Marines.

A restoration effort in underway at the site of Montford Point, a 1940s-era segregated Marine base in North Carolina, which is threatened by the effects of climate change.

President Roosevelt opened all branches of the military to Black troops in 1941, but for African-American service members like Luther Hendricks, racism...

A memorial to the first African Americans in the U.S. Marine Corps is going up in Lejeune Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, NC. More than 20,000 black…

The U.S. Marine Corps remained segregated until 1948. The first group to break the color barrier was a group of African-American men who trained at Camp…

The U.S. Marine Corps remained segregated until 1948. The first group to break the color barrier was a group of African-American men who trained at Camp…