The 24 black soldiers were led by a white officer.

His father was a black American soldier whom he never met.

"I will always remember with love a big black soldier," he went on.

But only in the last year did Congress pass a bill giving equal pay to black soldiers.

More than 2,000 black soldiers had volunteered to go to the front.

The black soldier hit the ground as those military police to the side of the house noticed the fact.

But even after they went down, their black soldiers continued to fight steadily.

At least 5,000 black soldiers fought for the Revolutionary cause.

Sherman, he said, did not have a single black soldier among his thousands of men.

The inclusion of black soldiers in the army was controversial.