NAACP slams Navy's reported talks to swap war hero's name on carrier with Trump's

Source: thehill.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center-Right · Published: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 03:09:34 GMT

NAACP President Derrick Johnson bashed the Navy Friday following reports that it planned to rename an aircraft carrier, named after a Black WWII war hero, and had considered President Trump's name as a replacement. Johnson wrote in a social media post that the alleged talks surrounding the USS Doris Miller's name are “a slap in...

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