Black 24th Infantry Regiment Mass Court-Martialed for 'Cowardice' in Korea

In August-September 1950, the all-Black 24th Infantry Regiment faces a wave of courts-martial — 32 men are convicted of cowardice or misbehavior, two sentenced to death — after retreats in Korea. Veterans and the NAACP argue the charges are racially motivated, that Black soldiers faced impossible orders from white officers who then blamed them for failures. Thurgood Marshall investigates and documents that Black soldiers face courts-martial at disproportionate rates. Many convictions are later reduced or overturned. The Army does not retroactively exonerate the regiment until 2010 for one soldier, Sergeant Rothwell Floyd.