Long famed, the Buffalo Soldiers were African-American troops whose regiments were the first comprised solely of all-black combatants ... Indian Wars, the Spanish–American War, and the ...

Benjamin Thompson, leader of the Black Dragoons Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Francis Marion, the American "Swamp ... unchanged by the war. A 1781 drawing of soldiers at the siege of ...

During the Spanish-American War, he distinguished himself commanding a black cavalry regiment at ... jaw created almost a caricature of nature's soldier." Pershing also noticed the younger ...

Alfonso Domingo, co-director of the documentary “Invisible Heroes: African-Americans in the Spanish Civil War ... American collective, since they considered Ethiopia as the only independent ...

An infantry unit of black soldiers, thought to be immune from ... away from the fighting also faced danger. When the Spanish-American War was declared, thousands of U.S. volunteers entered ...