Revolutionary War: • Crispus Attucks • James Amistead: Granted his freedom for service to the Revolutionary cause
Jan 12, 2016
Revolutionary War:
• Crispus Attucks
• James Amistead: Granted his freedom for service to the Revolutionary cause
Civil War
NY Draft Riots
Black Union soldier
A Confederate Soldier
Buffalo Soldiers
• Black only regiments
• Served Army second half 19th century
• So named, as mark of recognition, by Native Americans
Ken Karst
The classic military-manhood link:The Spartans
World War II
• Black and White soldiers together in Italy
• From Truman archives
Harry S Truman
General Marshall:
• “experiments within the Army in the solution of social problems are fraught with danger to efficiency, discipline, and morale”
Post-World War II Achievements
• Clifford Alexander: 1st Black Sec’y of the Army
Colin Powell, 1st Black Chair of the Chiefs of Staff
Black Soldiers in Vietnam