EP 52: Buffalo Soldiers

The Stoop

Hana Baba and Leila Day

Identity, International, Thestoop, Blackness, Storytelling, African, Personal Journals, Africanamerican, Blackidentity, Blackart, Journalism, Society & Culture, Black, Diaspora, Blackculture

4.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The Buffalo Soldiers- strong men from Black history. But a big part of their story has us conflicted about the role they played. In this episode, we hear their story, hear about a soldier who defected, and meet a man who ponders his own time in the military.

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0:00.0	Hey Lila, hey hello.
0:06.2	Well we are back, it's the stoop, brand new season.
0:10.9	What has been on your mind?
0:12.8	Okay, so recently I went to someone's home and their entire room was filled with a tribute
0:21.3	to the buffalo soldiers and the art was filling the walls, you know, black soldiers in uniform
0:27.4	from the 10th Calvary.
0:29.5	Your pictures were everywhere, I mean it was like a mini museum, it was beautiful.
0:33.6	This was somebody's house, yeah, just a room dedicated to the buffalo soldiers.
0:38.6	So the buffalo soldiers are such a source of pride.
0:42.8	Yeah, I mean, what did you learn about them growing up?
0:46.4	I mean, I know there were soldiers, a black regiment in the US army, there's lots of
0:53.7	stories about how they got their name and of course, there's that Bob Marley song.
0:59.8	I knew you would say that.
1:01.3	I knew you would say that.
1:02.3	Of course.
1:03.3	I mean, I was like like globally, I think that's that's how that's why people live in
1:09.5	the world.
1:10.5	Yeah, that's how we hear about the thing called buffalo soldiers as well as about Marley
1:13.6	song.
1:14.6	I mean, I think a lot about this history because so many people in my family have these
1:19.8	images of these men in uniform, you know, in their homes and it's a beautiful story.
1:25.9	But also, it's a story that includes a lot of pain.
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