“Oh, You Black Death”

Meet Henry Johnson, Winner of the Medal of Honor and Once Forgotten Hero

In tribute to Black History Month, I’d like to recount the remarkable story of Henry Johnson, whose craft was war. It was only in the last decade that his bravery from a century before was fully recognized by the United States in the form of a Medal of Honor.

Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on July 15, 1892, Henry was orphaned at a young age and r…