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Before America could fully live its promise of freedom, thousands of Black men and women had already begun fighting for it. In Black Soldiers of America, Cleveland A. Tyson Sr. tells the sweeping story of Black military service from the birth of the nation to the modern era - not simply as history, but as witness. Guided by the voice of Jali, an angel who remembers the names history sometimes forgets, this powerful narrative moves across centuries of courage and contradiction: - Crispus Attucks and the birth of the Revolution - Black Patriots and Loyalists chasing freedom in a divided war - The United States Colored Troops who helped turn the Civil War toward emancipation - The Buffalo Soldiers riding the western frontier - The Harlem Hellfighters bringing courage and jazz to World War I - The Tuskegee Airmen shattering myths in the skies of World War II - Integrated troops in Korea - Soldiers wrestling with the meaning of service in Vietnam - A fully integrated military in Desert Storm and beyond Through these stories, Tyson reveals a deeper truth: The struggle for equality and the defense of the nation have never been separate stories. They have always been the same story. Part historical narrative, part spiritual reflection, and part tribute, Black Soldiers of America honors the generations who carried the promise of freedom forward - even when the nation itself had not yet fully learned how to keep that promise.

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