Sergeant Henry Johnson, a native of Albany, enlisted in 1917 with the all-Black 15th New York National Guard regiment, which was also know as the Harlem Hellfighters. During his military career ...

The Western Front of World War 1. Privates Henry Johnson and Needham Roberts stood guard in the Argonne Forest in the stillness of a moonlit night. Members of the Harlem Hellfighters regiment of ...

Thanks to a black American regiment of musicians called the Harlem Hellfighters, the French discovered the joys of syncopation. More than a century on, US musician Jason Moran is raising fresh ...