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Buffalo soldiers were a real thing, not just a reggae song. Buffalo Soldiers were some of the bravest and most decorated soldiers to serve in the United States military, and yet their accomplishments aren't very well-known because of racism. This is the untold truth of the Buffalo soldiers.

During the American Civil War, all-black regiments called the "United States Colored Troops" made up roughly 10 percent of the Union Army. Those troops were disbanded at the end of the war, and a lot of newly free blacks in other parts of the nation found themselves facing difficult circumstances.

In 1866, Congress passed the Army Organization Act, which was mostly just a lot of fluff about pay for soldiers and officers and organizational stuff. But the act also allowed for the creation of four new cavalry regiments, two of which would consist of black soldiers and white officers, and eight new companies of infantry, four of which would consist of black soldiers and white officers. Many free blacks saw this as a rare opportunity and perhaps their only one to make a decent living.

These were considered peacetime regiments, but "peacetime" isn't really a super-accurate word since there was still plenty of conflict happening in the American West, mostly against the indigenous population.

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In the beginning… | 0:18
Noble men, not noble work | 1:23
What's in a name? | 2:29
Racism from their own government | 3:30
More disciplined than white regiments | 4:39
They received medals of honor | 5:56
Henry O. Flipper | 7:02
America's first park rangers | 8:10
Most gallant and soldierly | 9:25
World War 1 and Buffalo Soldiers | 10:29
World War 2 and Buffalo Soldiers | 11:31
End of the Buffalo Soldiers | 12:33
Buffalo soldiers - Not just men | 13:45
The last Buffalo Soldier | 15:07

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