Sgt. William H. Carney was the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military decoration, on this day in history, May 23, 1900, for his efforts at ...

Sgt. William Carney, a member of the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry Regiment, was the first Black American to earn the Medal of Honor. He was awarded the medal for fighting at Fort Wagner ...

The Defense Department (DoD) efforts to purge civil rights figures from its website led to the deletion of a page about Black Civil War hero Sgt. William Carney. That link once directed readers to ...

It was July 18, 1863, at the heart of the Civil War. Charging with the 54th was Sgt. William Carney, who saw the colors fall. He picked up the flag and carried it forward, reaching the wall of the ...

The Defense Department efforts to purge civil rights figures from its website led to the deletion of a page about Black Civil War hero Sgt. William Carney. That link once directed readers to a ...

Civil War hero Sgt. William Carney earned the Medal of Honor by carrying the American flag through fire at Fort Wagner, crawling forward despite multiple gunshot wounds. Now his story has been ...

Carney braced himself against the flag, ready to die, while rallying his friends to take Fort Wagner. Despite the danger around him, Sgt. William H. Carney of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer ...

it's altogether too much of a Boston story," said New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell at Carney Academy on Wednesday, as he spoke about the elementary school's famed namesake, Sgt. William H.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — A New Bedford school is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the first-ever Black recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Sergeant William Carney was born ...