Buffalo Soldiers have been mythologized in movies, television, and popular songs. Despite this romanticism, their history is complex, and their stories are worthy of deeper understanding. For Race and Country: Buffalo Soldiers in California, a new exhibition from the Ontario Museum of History & Art, explores the surprising history surrounding all-Black US Army regiments whose members—both ...

By Dianne Anderson Black parents and students are invited to jump into the collegiate mix and learn how to scale all those tall walls facing first generation college-goers. About the only big restriction for students is the one thing that almost everyone in the underserved community easily qualifies for. They must be low-income and the ...