The late Kobe Bryant joins a list of other prominent figures in American history getting their own statue in the National Garden of American Heroes amid Black History Month.

No, Not That Lee. Pentagon Finds Black Hero to Rechristen Base Long Named for Robert E. ... National Museum of African American History and Culture. By Carol Rosenberg. June 11, 2025.

Memorial Day 2025 should remember Black veterans who faced lynching and violence after military service, with at least 35 documented cases from 1865-1950.