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“The Negro Solider” film begins with blacks gathering in a church to give their respects and acknowledgement to the Black troops that participated in the American wars. As the film continued it rewards blacks by giving individual recognition to the black soldiers who fought in the wars against Cuba, Japan, and Germany. Peter Salem, Samuel Haynes and other individuals, were great examples of how blacks were loyal when defending the countries liberty. Blacks were loyal attributes, to this country and helped up build the cities, factories, and roads. For example in the 1770 during the Boston Massacre, when everyone had given up it was a colored man lent a helping hand in making sure that the boat continued to move towards the fight for its Liberty. In 1778, George Washington made it a point to give thanks to the many Negro soldiers like Samuel Haynes who lacked access to food, clothing, or aid for bleeding feet. The Negros solider were kept at menial positions but deserved …show more content…
Blacks have always been a part of building up this country and it amazed me at how it took World Wars, and Cold war’s to call America on its hypocritical acts. America was going to wars with Communist countries defending their beliefs of fascism but was racist toward the very people that lived in this country. I believe that the film accomplished its goal with giving the black soldiers a positive spotlight. African American troops and civilians have worked hard and dealt with brutal discrimination and deserved to be recognized for their heroic achievements. We are far more capable of being strong, and having the same intellect as any other race. And I was very proud to see blacks being represented as something more than America’s
The 1989 film Glory is a classic Civil War film based on the history of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment. The film focuses on the courage displayed by the first black regiment in the Civil War, also known as the “Fighting Fifty-fourth.” The regiment headed by the admirable Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, Matthew Broderick, must overcome an enormous amount of adversity during the war. The film was daring for filmmakers Zwick and Fields because it was a film not only with, “vivid and frightening battle scenes and finely etched dramatic characters, but a film that shattered the great Civil War taboo-it told a story of African Americans(Chadwick). Many articles and texts leading up to the film failed to mention the participation of African Americans in the Civil War. In fact, the participation of African Americans helped turn the course of the war and nearly 300,000 fought for the North.
The article, “The Negro’s Civil War in Tennessee, 1861-1865” by Bobby L. Lovett, can be found in "The Journal of Negro History. Lovett's article relates the importance of the contributions the black soldiers of Tennessee made during the Civil War. He portraits to the reader the determination of these black Tennesseans fight to gain their freedom under some extremely violent and racial conditions.
The story of the “Fighting Fifty-Forth” is a true testament of how when a country is in war or a time of despair they can ban together as one ,regardless of race to achieve an objective. Although they were treated unfairly and discriminated against, the 54th regiment paved the way for equality of not only African-American soldiers but for all African-Americans.
The Battle of Rhode Island is significant as it represents the first joint French and American operations against the British forces during the Revolution following the signing of the Treaty of Alliance (1778). In addition, the actions of the First Rhode Island Regiment during the conflict are distinguished by the defense of their position from a British flanking action. Their defense of the American position is noted by historians as evidence that Colonial forces were now able to successfully engage and repel British troops. This encounter is also significant in the course of the American Revolution, since it was the only engagement fought during the war in which Black Americans participated as a distinct segregated group as an all Black unit. This unit’s skill in defending the American line against the British-Hessian attacks served to demonstrate that Black Americans could be a formed into a cohesive and effective fighting unit. Finally, despite the Treaty of Alliance, combined planning, and military action on the part of both French and American units, the eventual abandonment of the conflic...
Black soldiers were among the bravest of those fighting in the Civil War. Both free Blacks in the Union army and escaped slaves from the South rushed to fight for their freedom and they fought with distinction in many major Civil War battles. Many whites thought Blacks could not be soldiers. They were slaves. They were inferior. Many thought that if Blacks could fight in the war it would make them equal to whites and prove the theory of slavery was wrong. Even though Black soldiers had to face much discrimination during the Civil War, they were willing to fight to the death for their freedom. In the movie “Glory“ the director focused on the African Americans in the north that fought in the 54th regiment led by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. During the time of the Civil War, the African Americans that fought in the 54th regiment were often treated unfairly but there were always nice people that backed them up.
The Tuskegee Airmen were a fine example of many who had fought for equality between blacks and whites as well as many who had sought opportunity for blacks in those times, and had a high number of achievements and awards during their time in the military. Works Cited George, Linda and Charles. The Tuskegee Airmen. Canada: Children's Press, 2001. Brooks, Philip.
The American Civil War is perhaps the most important event in U.S. history since the American Revolution. Over half a million men would perish between the Union and Confederate Armies. It is important to know that Ulysses S. Grant was an important figure (perhaps the most important behind Abraham Lincoln) in the war. Many will see him as the hero of the American Civil War. Nevertheless there were others who would play an important role to help the Union win the Civil War. The implementation of black soldiers was crucial to the Union in order to achieve victory against the Confederate Army. Yet, the contributions and accomplishments of black soldiers during the Civil War were overlooked for nearly a century following the Civil War. However, within the last 30 years, many scholars and historians have begun to publish books on the history of black soldiers and their contributions to the Civil War. During the Civil War, free blacks were permitted to serve in the Union Army. But it was not until 1863, that black soldiers would see combat and charge against the confederate armies. It is estimated that around 186,000 African American served the Union Army throughout the war, with the creation of 163 colored regiments. My research paper will focus on the Black regiments of the American Civil War and their importance to U.S. history. Some of the important issues that will be discussed in this paper will include the struggles of black soldiers during the Civil War, from their wage earnings (where most made less money than white soldiers); the clothes they wore (most had no uniforms at all). Also, many of these soldiers had trouble getting the basic necessities like shoes, socks and soap. Other areas I will discuss will be the discriminatio...
Between 1775 to 1781 there were not any battles without black participants. Black soldiers fought for the colonies at Lexington, Concord, Ticonderoga, White Plains, Benington, Brandywine, Saratoga, Savannah, and Yorktown. There were two blacks, Prince Whipple and Oliver Cromwell, with Washington when he crossed the Delaware River on Christmas day in 1776. Some won recognition and a place in the history of the War of Independence by their outstanding service, although most have remained anonymous. Despite the huge contribution to the war, and among the thousands of dead blacks few had gained their freedom. They did not die in vain for they did gain a huge step towards Liberty for all blacks in America. The Negro in the American Revolution by Benjamin Quarles depicted in detail the struggle for Blacks searching for their right to Liberty. If the Negro race had never rendered their services we might not be living in such a nation that values Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness above oppression, and tyranny. .
In 1775, the Royal Governor Dunmore of Virginia issued a Proclamation and had thousands of Negros join his Royal Ethiopian Regiment, outlawing bondage on English soil. Because one of Lord Dunmore’s soldiers became a leader of the successful multiracial guerrillas’ troop, every English commander to recruited blacks. Not only were they strategic, but they were also dubbed as the best American soldiers. Another thing that set them apart from the other Patriots is that during the march in 1781 to Yorktown, they had the most precise in
It is interesting to note of those who were involved in the Battle of Bunker Hill. No documentation can prove that French soldiers had involvement in this battle or from any other country involved other than the British and the American colonists. However, Black individuals were allowed to fight. These were freemen, however, freemen and slaves who were serving in place of their masters, fighting for freedom they would most likely never see for themselves. It is sad to learn that these individuals would never experience the same freedoms that the same men next to them in battlefield would obtain.
From reading The Harlem Hellfighters, it is apparent that, though the 369th regiment was all black, they did not have the same background and had not joined the war for the same reasons. This fact is important because the 369th regiment is in some ways a microcosm of the entire United States in the early 1900s and even today. ‘Black America’ is
...or their heroic efforts during times of such as the 369th battalion and Doris Miller. African Americans had more of their basic rights, political voice, respect, and were able to blend into American society by the end of World War II.
African-Americans both freed and enslaved, like many different ethnic groups joined the Continental Army for a variety of reasons including; land, patriotism, excitement, elevation of social status, and gaining personal freedom. For many enslaved African-Americans that accepted service and completed their term in the army, “…would be immediately discharged from the service of his master or mistress and made absolutely free…” (Lorenzo L Greene, Some Observations On The Black Regiment Of Rhode Island In The American Revolution, 1952.) Sometimes African-American slaves participated in the Continental Army as substitutes, serving their owner’s military obligation. (p. 5 Black Soldiers At Valley Forge by Joseph Becton, 1985.) As the Revolutionary
This shows us how white people thought of African Americans as inferior, and they just wanted to dominate the society making no place for other races to express themselves. Even though African Americans were citizens of the state of Mississippi they were still discriminated against. This documentary does a great job of showing us the suffering of these people in hopes to remind everyone, especially the government, to not make the same mistakes and discriminate against citizens no matter what their race is because this will only cause a division to our nation when everyone should be
I have always believed that all races have their good and bad. Their is never going to be the perfect race. This movie definitely set a powerful message that life is not perfect for any race and that even though people are from different cultures, they are all interconnected somehow. The filmmakers did a great job at showing us that individuals should not be based on first impressions such as skin color or the social status.