Bob Marley always wakes up my heart. He has a way of warming up the soul and for that, he receives the African symbol which means God's Omnipresence because someone who could spread so much love must have been filled to the brim with the divine.
“As the National Museum of African American History and Culture records, an 1866 Act of Congress created six peacetime regiments of exclusively black soldiers. Later, these regiments were melded into four—two infantry and two cavalry—colloquially referred to as the Buffalo Soldiers. (There are a few competing theories as to how they got this name, but as the museum notes, the soldiers "considered the name high praise.") Throughout their history, the soldiers had a rocky relationship with the American government they served.
The regiments faced extreme and sometimes deadly racism. They were first commanded by whites, and the rank and file “often faced extreme racial prejudice from the Army establishment,” writes the museum. “Many officers, including George Armstrong Custer, refused to command black regiments, even though it cost them promotions in rank.”
“He said they wouldn’t fight, that they were afraid and that they’d run,” said John Smith, a descendant of Buffalo Soldier Sgt. Charles Smith, in 1996.
To the contrary, the Buffalo Soldiers became known for their courage and fortitude. Among the white U.S. officers commanding them were three black West Point graduates: Henry O. Flipper, John Hanks Alexander and Charles Young. The regiments served from 1866 until the army was desegregated in 1951.”
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