The Forgotten African American Heroes of WWII | Linda Hervieux | TEDxRiverOaks

Recounting of the forgotten role, experiences, and impact of African American soldiers during World War II and how they helped to change the course of the war and history. Linda Hervieux is Paris-based American journalist and photographer and the author of Forgotten: The Untold Story of D-Day’s Black Heroes, at Home and at War , the critically acclaimed story of D-Day’s only African-American combat soldiers, who were effectively written out of the history of the Normandy invasion. Tom Brokaw called FORGOTTEN “utterly compelling,” and Douglas Brinkley said “all Americans should read” this battalion’s journey through segregated Jim Crow America to unexpected freedom in Britain and France. Hervieux has lectured extensively on the African Americans of D-Day and World War II with appearances at Harvard, Princeton, Berkeley, the Imperial War Museum in London, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., among others. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, TIME, Daily Beast, New York Daily News, and nbcnews.com. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at

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