Black Veterans

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National Guard, Black service members, theGrio.com
October 7, 2025
"It's just a complete slap in the face for all the minorities who actually give a damn about the country,"…
Sean Johnson, New York helicopter pilot, theGrio.com
April 11, 2025
Sean Johnson, 36, perished in the helicopter crash that killed Siemens executive Agustín Escobar, his wife and three young children.
Army Maj. General Charles Calvin Rogers, theGrio.com
March 17, 2025
According to archives reviewed by theGrio, the page honoring Army Maj. Gen. Charles Rogers was removed Saturday and was reinstated…
April 25, 2024
A racial discrimination lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs has the potential to set the course of justice for…
November 11, 2023
Deputy Secretary Tanya Bradsher is on a mission to help bring change to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Black veterans buried at overgrown Jacksonville cemetery call for cleanup
April 11, 2023
The family of a Black veteran buried at an overgrown cemetery in Jacksonville is calling for aid in the cleanup…
theGRIO.com
March 3, 2023
Black World War II veterans have yet to receive their overdue G.I. Bill benefits; however, some House Democrats hope to…
February 17, 2023
A Vietnam War hero will finally receive the nation's highest combat decoration for his heroism after nearly six decades.
November 29, 2022
Yale Law School’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic filed a lawsuit against Veterans Affairs on behalf of a disabled Black Marine…
Black veterans discriminated against
November 11, 2022
A new study found that Black veterans were racially discriminated against when it came to receiving their government-issued benefits.
Black veteran American flag
September 28, 2022
A first-of-its-kind Black veterans monument is unveiled at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park in Buffalo, New…
Black veteran American flag
June 24, 2022
Black veterans convened in Washington, D.C. to address the myriad issues they have routinely faced dating back to the end…
Trees and sky thegrio.com
May 1, 2022
A new park named after Benjamin Oglesby, a former enslaved person and war veteran will open this summer in St.…
Colonel Charles Young
April 30, 2022
The Army honored Colonel Charles Young during a posthumous promotional ceremony held at United States Military Academy West Point.
theGrio
January 31, 2022
President Biden has the opportunity to right a grievous wrong. Black people who served in the U.S. armed forces are…
November 11, 2021
As the U.S. celebrates its veterans, food insecurity is disproportionately affecting Black veterans and other minorities during the pandemic.
U.S. Army soldiers
November 11, 2021
Rep. Anthony Brown writes that challenges facing Black veterans are driven by inequities that have existed in America since its…
October 24, 2021
A New Jersey man suspected of fatally shooting a U.S. Navy veteran during a carjacking was arrested in Florida, authorities…
Tashandra Poullard Black Vet thegrio.com
August 23, 2021
In theGrio’s interview with Poullard, she details the impact of the Afghanistan withdrawal on women and the United States’ asylum…
U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division E4 Bobby with other soldiers
August 18, 2021
The Taliban may have taken Kabul, but the White Taliban in the U.S. is at war against democracy and coming…