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 | 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 -
Segregation Scholarships | Trailer
Black Americans forced to go North for advanced degrees return home to fight Jim Crow in the South.1:16 -
Segregation Scholarships | Preview
Black Americans forced to go North for advanced degrees return home to fight Jim Crow in the South.0:30 -
Silence in Sikeston | Preview
How a lynching and police killing 78 years apart haunt the rural community of Sikeston, Missouri.0:30 -
Against the Current: Life on the Eastern Shore | Oysters
Aquafarmer Kellen Singleton loves oysters. But warming waters are challenging their future.0:59 -
Against the Current: Life on the Eastern Shore | Organic Farming
Thelonius Cook shares his worries over organic farming and climate change on the Eastern Shore.0:58 -
American Problems, Trans Solutions | The Meaning of Home
What does home mean to you? Kayla Gore talks about My Sistah's House and hopes for its legacy.0:47
