AdvertisementFor A Black Woman In The Military, Harassment Was Its Own BattleSeptember 21, 2019Emma BowmanfacebookEmailAt StoryCorps in Baltimore last month, retired Col. Denise Baken (center) told her children, Christian Yingling and Richard Yingling, about the discrimination she faced as a black woman in the Army. (Emilyn Sosa for StoryCorps)