"UK village honors fight against WWII US Army racism"

The village of Bamber Bridge in northwestern England commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Bamber Bridge, where residents refused to accept the segregation ingrained in the US Army during World War II. Despite their friendships with the GIs, villagers weren’t able to head off the violence when Black soldiers, frustrated by their treatment and angry about news of race riots in Detroit, faced off with military police outfitted with batons and sidearms. Thirty-seven Black soldiers were charged with mutiny, riot and unlawful possession of weapons, and some 30 were convicted on some or all of the charges.