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African Americans in the U.S. Army for WWW.ARMY.MIL
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One of the challenges I see with how our history is taught is the concentration on negatives concerning people of color. Our history is rich with the heroics of men and women like this - all the way back to the Revolutionary War. Take for instance James Armistead: https://www.history.com/news/battle-of-yorktown-slave-spy-james-armistead
How a Slave-Turned-Spy Helped Secure Victory at the Battle of Yorktown
James Armistead was a slave who provided critical intel to the Continental Army as a double agent during the Revolutionary War.
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