Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts | Preview
Season 7
Episode 4
About the Episode
Established by Congress, the 14th Amendment promised citizenship in exchange for enlistment, prompting many African American men. They were denied due to Jim Crow laws but still served. The film examines the profound and often-contradictory roles played by Buffalo Soldiers in U.S. history, and how they fought on two sets of front lines: military conflicts abroad and civil rights struggles at home.
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Extras
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Silence in Sikeston | Beyond the Lens with Cara Anthony
Journalist Cara Anthony reveals a piece of family history that parallels SILENCE IN SIKESTON.8:12 -
Segregation Scholarships | Investing in Black Education
The scholarships provided educational opportunity for Black Americans while maintaining segregation.1:14 -
Inundation District | Trailer
Examining the short-sighted political decisions of one American city in an era of rising seas.1:18 -
Inundation District | Preview
Examining the short-sighted political decisions of one American city in an era of rising seas.0:29 -
Silence in Sikeston | Meet the Makers
A conversation about the film and podcast and what they examine and expose about silence and health.16:10 -
Silence in Sikeston | Before Lynching Became a Crime
Before the death of Cleo Wright in 1942, lynching was never prosecuted as a federal crime.0:56 -
Silence in Sikeston | Love & Grief for a Young, Black Father
A mother talks about her son's life in Chicago and Sikeston, MO before his death by police.0:59 -
Silence in Sikeston | Witnesses to a Lynching
Two residents recall the day they, as young children, witnessed the lynching of Cleo Wright in 1942.0:59 -
Silence in Sikeston | Trailer
How a lynching and police killing 78 years apart haunt the rural community of Sikeston, Missouri.1:17 -
Segregation Scholarships | Traveling North from Jim Crow South
Traveling by train, Black Americans had to endure second-class citizen accommodations and attitudes.1:28
