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Title
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Black Warriors of the West
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Description
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This photographic record of the buffalo soldier explores their role in the nineteenth-century army that "evolved into an important presence on the frontier." According to the author, the blacks "typically boasted the lowest desertion rates and the highest re-enlistment rates of any regiments, far exceeding their white counterparts in these important areas."
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Date
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2010-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Kansas City's African American ''Immunes'' in the Spanish-American War
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Description
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The ten "Immune" regiments in the Spanish American War were composed of soldiers whom Congress believed would be immune to tropical diseases. African Americans were considered to to be especially adapted to fighting in hot climates and half of the ten Immune regiments were black. One unit of the Seventh Immune regiment came out of Kansas City, recruited at the Colored YMCA. Among their members were Lafayette Tillman and Leon Jordan. Despite the hopes of the volunteers that their service would bring them respect they met with discrimination and prejuedice, both from within the military and at Lexington, Kentucky where they were stationed.
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Date
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2006-04-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
