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 19 th 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: 1 st Black Sec’y of the Army
Colin Powell, 1 st Black Chair of the Chiefs of Staff
Black Soldiers in Vietnam