Buffalo Soldiers, the U.S. Army's first peacetime regiments of black troops, helped define the American frontier from this base in West Texas. Visit their home of Fort Davis on Aerial America: http://bit.ly/2NPD4U3 | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation

Buffalo Soldiers at El Caney: The Battle Erased They fought for a country that hated them. Black Buffalo Soldiers of the 25th Infantry Regiment won the Battle of El Caney on July 1, 1898—a decisive victory in the Spanish-American War. But history gave the credit to Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders and erased the Black soldiers who made the victory possible. This video reveals the documented truth behind one of America's most shameful historical rewrites: Nearly 3,000 Black soldiers fought in th

Today, we remember our #BuffaloSoldiers. In 1866, through an act of Congress, legislation was adopted to create six all African American Army units, many who went on to fight in the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars. The Buffalo Soldier regiments served the United States Army with distinction and honor. With the disbandment of the 27th Cavalry on December 12, 1951, the last of the storied Buffalo Soldier regiments came to an end. #ArmyHistory | #SoldierStory | U.S. Army

Buffalo Soldiers (1997) Starring Danny Glover, Glynn Turman, Keith Jefferson, Carl Lumbly, Clifton Powell, Bob Gunton, Tom Bower, Robert Knott, Gabriel Casseus, Lamont Bentley, Mykelti Williamson, Michael Warren, Harrison Lowe They've ridden dusty miles without end and fought fierce battles. Yet when these brave African-American cavalrymen enter a scraggly frontier town, they must walk through it instead of ride. The town dishonors them but the soldiers' Native-American foes do not. Apache leade