WWI
Black troops fought on D-Day
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Edward A. Carter was awarded the Medal of Honor during World War 2. Sergeant Carter was one of seven Black men awarded the Medal of Honor in World War 2.
Read MoreFort Polk changes name from a Confederate general to a Black Medal of Honor recipient
Fort Polk, which was named after Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk, a Confederate commander who wanted Black people to remain enslaved, has now been renamed Fort William Henry Johnson. Johnson was a Black man and a World War I Medal of Honor recipient. But Johnson often wondered for whom he was fighting since Black men were called ‘niggers,’…
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