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    by Henry Levin. The film was inspired by the success of the film The Negro Soldier, and was one of only five films documenting the war time activities...
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  • A Soldier's Story is a 1984 American mystery drama film directed and produced by Norman Jewison, adapted by Charles Fuller from his Pulitzer Prize-winning...
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  • The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional...
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    Negro Mountain is a long ridge of the Allegheny Mountains in the eastern United States, stretching 30-mile (48 km) from Deep Creek Lake in Maryland north...
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  • The Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) is a New York City-based theater company and workshop established in 1967 by playwright Douglas Turner Ward, producer-actor...
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    history of these veterans Digger (soldier) – A similar term used in Australia Doughboy Dogface (military) G.I. Bill, postwar benefits for veterans G.I...
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  • co-founder, Chairman and CEO of NASCAR Bill Gatewood (1881–1962), American Negro league baseball player and manager Bill Haywood (1869–1928), a prominent figure...
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    1920s and 1930s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after The New Negro, a 1925 anthology edited by Alain Locke. The movement...
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    Wroth, William H. "Buffalo Soldiers in New Mexico". New Mexico History. Retrieved December 20, 2015. Durnham, Philip. The Negro Cowboys. University of Nebraska...
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    Lexington Books, 2001. Woods, Louis, "Almost 'No Negro Veteran…Could Get a Loan:' African Americans, the GI Bill, and the NAACP Campaign Against Residential...
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    "Dead Negro Draw"; both names probably commemorate the Buffalo Soldier tragedy of 1877. Curtis Island in Maine used to be known as either Negro or Nigger...
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  • scholar Bill Bradford (footballer) (1903–1984), English footballer Bill Bradford (outfielder) (1913–?), American Negro leagues baseball player Bill Bradford...
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    George Washington Williams (category Union Army soldiers)
    Tarzan. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1800 (vol 1) and 1800–1880 (vol 2): Negroes As Slaves, As Soldiers, and As Citizens (1882)...
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    House slave (redirect from House negro)
    "house negroes" and "plantation negroes", refuting an accusation that his slaves were poorly fed by saying they were fed as well as "plantation negroes", though...
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    Cody (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917), known as Buffalo Bill, was an American soldier, bison hunter, and showman. One of the most famous and well-known...
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  • Carl Whitney (category Negro league baseball outfielder stubs)
    Black Yankees, a team co-owned by financier James "Soldier Boy" Semler and famed toe-tapper Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. He also briefly played for the...
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    July 1, 1929), commonly known as Henry Johnson, was a United States Army soldier who performed heroically in the first African American unit of the United...
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    team in Harlem in 1936 with financier James "Soldier Boy" Semler. The team was a successful member of the Negro National League until it disbanded in 1948...
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    Municipality of Valencia, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population...
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    "Virginia Negro Soldiers and Seamen in the American Revolution". Journal of Negro History (1942): 247–287. JSTOR 2715325. Langley, Harold D. "The Negro in the...
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    Wilhelm Katt (May 15, 1915 – September 21, 1992), known professionally as Bill Williams, was an American actor, best known for his portrayal of the titular...
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    Yorkshire, defeating George "Dockey" Moore, two unnamed soldiers, one unnamed blacksmith and Frank Myers. Bill Richmond was enslaved at birth by the Rev. Richard...
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    better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his life on the frontier as a soldier, scout, lawman, cattle rustler...
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    Fair's Negro Day, an African American pageant entitled Epic of a Race was performed at Soldier Field. Chandler Owen, who headed the organization of Negro Day...
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    make deals. Some of these buildings had dedicated slave jails, others were negro marts to showcase the slaves offered for sale, and still others were general...
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    June 8, 1982) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB). His career spanned five...
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    2022. "Survey and Recommendations Concerning the Integration of the Negro Soldier into the Army". Harry S. Truman Library. September 22, 1941.[permanent...
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    Woody Strode (category United States Army Air Forces soldiers)
    different cities in California. He was billed as the Pacific Coast Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and the Pacific Coast Negro Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in...
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  • New York Black Yankees (category Negro league baseball teams)
    in Harlem as the Harlem Stars in 1931 by financier James "Soldier Boy" Semler and dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. By 1932, the club was renamed the New...
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    2016. Williams, George W., History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880: Negros as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens, vol. II, New York: G.P...
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