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Buffalo Soldiers | The Brass Letters | 1
Lindsey Graham
When the 10th Cavalry organized at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, the fort's openly racist commander, Major General William Hoffman, made it his mission to make the black soldiers' experience as miserable as possible. He denied the black recruits adequate equipment, leveled petty charges against them, and ordered them to stay 10 to 15 yards from white troops at all times.
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