1898 Battle Of San Juan Hill, Buffalo Soldiers, & The Myth Of Black American Cowardice

We discuss the Battle Of San Juan Hill under the context of Racism White Supremacy in the U.S. Military. We revisit this event the evolution of then Congressman Theodore Roosevelt's fictitious accounts of the Battle's heroes. We use information found in Gerome Tuccille's book titled 'The Roughest Riders'(The untold story of Black Soldiers in Spanish-American War). We also play a clip of Neely Fuller Jr.