Buffalo Soldiers | The Brass Letters | 1

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For decades, black soldiers helped the United States wage war against Native tribes in a series of conflicts known as the Indian Wars. The Native Americans they fought dubbed them Buffalo Soldiers. During a time of intense racial turmoil in the South, service in the Army provided Black men with a steady income, education, and a chance to claim equal status as American citizens.