PBS NewsHour

Black veterans sue VA over decades of discrimination

Clip: 12/03/2022 | 7m 15s  | Video has closed captioning.

A new lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs alleges decades of discrimination against Black military veterans. To learn more, Geoff Bennett speaks to Conley Monk Jr., a Vietnam War veteran whose VA benefits were denied for nearly 50 years, and Richard Brookshire, an Army veteran who co-founded the Black Veterans Project.

Aired: 12/03/22

Rating: NR

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