Have there ever been any African-American soldiers on duty to guard the tomb?

The Tomb Soldiers are very diverse and the Old Guard does a very good job in maintaining a varied demographic to represent the force.

What Kristin Crowley said and I went in February and there was a dapper young man who was of African American decent guarding the Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier

To go along with what this previous person said, there was a fine looking soldier on duty when i last visited in December.

4th Class Fred Moore was the first African American soldier to “walk the mat” at the Tomb in 1961. A special Army decoration, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Guard Identification Badge is authorized for wear after passing a detailed test of 100 questions (from a pool of more than 300), a uniform test with two gigs (errors) or fewer (measured to the 1/64"), and a test on the guard changing sequence. After serving honorably for a period of nine months, and having passed the sequence of tests, a tomb guard is permanently awarded the Badge. Since the first award on February 7, 1958, fewer than 650 soldiers have completed training and been awarded this badge, including four women. Those numbers make the Badge the second rarest award currently issued in the United States Army; only the Army Astronaut Badgeis rarer.