African-Americans in the United States military before desegregation - Definition

This is a list of significant African Americans and African-American units in the United States military before July 26, 1948, when President Harry S. Truman issued Executive Order 9981 eliminating segregation in the military:

• United States Colored Troops
  • 54th Massachusetts Regiment
    • William Harvey Carney
• Buffalo Soldiers
• Abraham Lincoln Brigade
  • Oliver Law
• 555th Parachute Infantry Company
• Tuskegee Airmen
  • Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
• Dorie Miller
• Henry Ossian Flipper