Format:
Online-Ressource (vi, 319 p)
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
1299052231
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9781299052239
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9781603444491
Content:
In the decades following the Civil War, scores of African Americans served in the U.S. Army in the West. This book focuses on the careers and accomplishments of these soldiers, the lives they developed, and the discrimination they faced.
Content:
Intro -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Western Black Soldiers since The Buffalo Soldiers -- The Officers and the Troops -- Fort Riley's Black Soldiers and the Army's Changing Role in the West, 1867-85 -- William R. Shafter, Black Troops, and the Opening of the Llano Estacado, 1870-75 -- Buffalo Soldier Chaplains of the Old West -- "Dress on the Colors, Boys!" -- The Black Soldier -- Cathay Williams -- One Soldier's Service -- The Court-Martial of Lt. Henry O. Flipper -- The Black Seminole Indian Scouts in the Big Bend -- Discrimination and Violence -- Black Soldiers at Fort Hayes, Kansas 1867-69 -- Black Soldiers on the White Frontier -- Rio Grande City -- The Houston Riot of 1917, Revisited -- Community of Soldiers -- Improbable Ambassadors -- Putting the Army on Wheels -- The Black Soldier-Athlete in the U. S. Army, 1890-1916 -- Community Building on the Border -- Buffalo Soldiers -- Contributors -- Permissions -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-300) and index
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""Table of contents""; ""Preface""; ""Western Black Soldiers since The Buffalo Soldiers""; ""The Officers and the Troops""; ""Fort Riley�s Black Soldiers and the Army�s Changing Role in the West, 1867�85""; ""William R. Shafter, Black Troops, and the Opening of the Llano Estacado, 1870�75""; ""Buffalo Soldier Chaplains of the Old West""; ""“Dress on the Colors, Boys!�""; ""The Black Soldier""; ""Cathay Williams""; ""One Soldier�s Service""; ""The Court-Martial of Lt. Henry O. Flipper""; ""The Black Seminole Indian Scouts in the Big Bend""; ""Discrimination and Violence""
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""Black Soldiers at Fort Hayes, Kansas 1867�69""""Black Soldiers on the White Frontier""; ""Rio Grande City""; ""The Houston Riot of 1917, Revisited""; ""Community of Soldiers""; ""Improbable Ambassadors""; ""Putting the Army on Wheels""; ""The Black Soldier-Athlete in the U. S. Army, 1890�1916""; ""Community Building on the Border""; ""Buffalo Soldiers""; ""Contributors""; ""Permissions""; ""Index""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1585444251
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781585446209
Additional Edition:
Print version Buffalo Soldiers in the West : A Black Soldiers Anthology
Language:
English
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