Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20210308:06:55:00
The reservoir of black man power couldn't be ignored anymore. >> that change is critical, and it shows the evolution of lincoln in terms of his thinking. an evolution that's going to continue on throughout the rest of the war. >> a majority of black men who served in the union army were actually people who had been enslaved at one time. they think that now they're going to get some kind of recognition of their status as men. but what they find is not what they had anticipated. >> they were certainly not treated equally. they served only in segregated units under white officers. they received l...