one-star general at ft. leavenworth, kansas. he noted there was nothing honoring the buffalo soldiers, so that s one thing he pushed for, and that was in the, you know, the early 1980s, and by 1992 there was a monument to the buffalo soldiers. and he went there and spoke himself. in fact, my godfather, my uncle, a former buffalo soldier, escorted him there. again, i got to meet him at that time also. but he was a trail blazer. let s not forget that there would have been america wouldn t have known colin powell if it hadn t been for back in i think the carter administration, secretary of the army clifford alexander, the first african-american secretary of the army. when the general officers list came out in the late 1970s, he made a comment and said, wait a minute, is there no one of color who could be a general officer? and then on the next list, there were a couple, including then
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