DETROIT (WJBK) – The Buffalo Soldiers’ life was one of hard work and dedication. With the odds stacked against them, they fought to defend a country that did not see them as equals.
The Buffalo Soldiers were the first African Americans to serve in the U.S. Army in the post Civil War era.
“They were given all the leftover stuff from the war, all inferior, everything – weapons, horses. But they excelled at everything they had gotten and everything they were assigned to do,” says First Sergeant James Mills. He takes pride in putting on his uniform to speak to visitors about the history of the Buffalo Soldiers. It’s a lesson he didn’t learn in school.
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