Buffalo Soldiers West
African-American soldiers on the western frontier are the focus of an exhibit at the Nebraska History Museum in Lincoln. Buffalo Soldiers West, on loan from the Colorado ...
Buffalo Soldiers
What We Found
A Review of Black History Month
During the month of February, History Nebraska highlighted articles and blog posts that pertained to Black History Month and the state of Nebraska. Some of them were ...
Fort Robinson Photograph: “White as Any White Person”
A late-1800s photograph provides insight about the perceptions of race at that time.
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Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Robinson, Nebraska
In the racially segregated military that followed the Civil War, one of the first Cavalry regiments for black soldiers was headquartered in Nebraska for more than a ...
Buffalo Soldiers Photographs
Black soldiers of the Ninth and Tenth U.S. Cavalry (called "buffalo soldiers" by the Plains American Indians) garrisoned Fort Robinson for eighteen years and played an ...
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