As Black History Month continues, WAAY 31 is spotlighting historic advancements made by Black Americans in North Alabama.

Celebrity Historian Raffi Andonian speaks on history and impact of Buffalo Soldiers in New Mexico. Andonian says congress first created a regiment of black soldiers in 1866, who became known as ...

Young distinguished himself as a soldier in the Ninth U.S. Cavalry, one of the black troops known as the Buffalo Soldiers that served, among other roles, as some of the nation’s first park rangers.

“We firmly believe that all of our history needs to be preserved ... Others who survived later became Buffalo Soldiers. He said once the Confederate guerillas left, townspeople buried those ...