Doris Miller was an "improbable American hero," write authors Thomas W. Cutrer and T. Michael Parrish in Doris Miller: Pearl Harbor and the Birth of the Civil Rights Movement (Texas A&M University ...

A future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier will be named after him. It’s the first aircraft carrier ever named for a black American. “In selecting this name, we honor the contributions of all our ...

In this, the first scholarly biography of “Dorie” Miller (1919-1943), professors Cutrer (Emeritus Arizona State) and Parrish (Baylor), give us an interesting account of the young hero’s life, ...

Doris Miller, a Waco-born World War II hero who sprung into action 77 years ago during the attack on Pearl Harbor by manning a machine gun and dragging his U.S. Navy captain and other shipmates to ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) announced the introduction of a pair of bills to commemorate the life and legacy of African American Mess Attendant Doris ‘Dorie’ Miller.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The US Navy will name a new aircraft carrier ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Newport News Shipbuilding made its first cut of steel on Wednesday for the Navy’s newest nuclear aircraft carrier, the first carrier to be named for an African American.

At Waco’s Pearl Harbor Day remembrance ceremony Thursday, Doris Miller’s family members called for a letter-writing campaign to President Joe Biden to encourage the Medal of Honor for their “Uncle ...