Black Valor

Black ValorColin Powell's favorite story about the modern American Army goes something like this: It is the eve of Desert Storm. While interviewing soldiers, Sam Donaldson asks a young black soldier, "How do you think the battle will go? Are you afraid?" The soldier, according to Powell's autobiography, My American Journey, says, "We'll do OK, we're well trained. I'm not afraid." The members of his tank platoon--men and women of all races--shout, "Tell him again! He didn...