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Thursday, April 3, 1997
Buffalo Soldiers’ history uncovered
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two cavalry regiments of about
1,000 men each.
The men helped settle the
West, fought in 32 “skirmishes”
during the so-called Indian
Wars and were nicknamed “buf
falo soldiers” by the Cheyenne
Indians because of their dense,
black hair.
Many, like Addison Taylor,
were former slaves looking for
work, and the Army paid $13 a
month.
Bell, a retired educator, not
only is delving into history but
is bringing it to others. He
ghares his heritage by dressing
as a buffalo soldier and telling
tales of the soldiers, in class
rooms and libraries. He has
organized 25 others into Buffalo
Soldiers of the American West
Inc., who perform mditaiy drills
at parades, educational shows
and rodeos throughout
Colorado, Nebraska and the
West.
They’ve even appeared in a
couple of lesser-known movies —
an educational piece for the
Colorado Historical Society and
a pilot on Teddy Roosevelt for
TNT Enterprises. The “Rough
Rider” about Teddy Roosevelt
will be shown on television as a
mini-series later this year.
Horses play a major part in
the presentations.
That’s why Trooper Wayne
Lewis of Denver got involved
last month. He met Bell at the
National Western Stock Show
in Denver. “I love horses and am
good with them,” Lewis said. “I
wanted somebody to teach me to
be better.”
Bell is known for training
horses - in fact, a lot of his
interest in the buffedo soldiers
stems from their cavalry adven
tures and expertise as horse
men.
“White soldiers got horses
first,” Bell'said. “The buffalo sol
diers got the ones that weren’t
wanted or unbroke.’’
Bell’s group doesn't see itself
as enterUmers.
“We see ourselves as educators
and don’t consider ourselves re
enactors,” said Mike Price of
Louisville, Bell’s sidekick. 'The
two met when they taught in
Westminster; they decided to
start Buffalo Soldiers three
years ago as an educational pro
ject. “We are trying to raise the
level of history, the history of
minorities in this country. We
are trying to tell the complete
stoiy.”
Price, a social studies teacher,
is white and an officer in Bell's
re-created calvary regiment.
“Which is authentic,” Bell said.
“The officers were white.”
That reflects the segregated
post-CivU War Army.
“General (George) Custer was
offered the command of a black
regiment and turned it down,”
Bell said, referring to the caval
ryman killed at the famous
Battle of Little Big Horn. “And,
we’re sure glad he did.”
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By Brian Powell
FOR THE CHARLOTTE POST
SALISBURY - Livingstone
College has launched a new
recruiting campaign with the
school's oldest friend, the
A.M.E. Zion Church.
The college has formed two
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tional church. Livingstone,
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The historical black institution
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cials believe that a boost in
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the school looks towards the
obvious places first, and Joiner
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; “I don’t think we’ve done this
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•within for what we need,” she
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the school to meet its ideal goal.
Of the school’s 750 students
only 150 members are from the
AME Zion Church.
‘We really need to improve on
that,” Kinard said.
“This the first time we’ve had
an all-out campaign to recruit
the students from the AME Zion
Church. That’s Dr. Burnett
Joiner's credit,” the 1964
Livingstone graduate said. “He's
shown us the word is out
there,m but not to the extent it
needs to be."
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Bishops, general officers, and
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ni and church-affiliated" contri
butions, the school has orga
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keenly designed to attract
Zionites.
A $1,000 scholarship will
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bers who enroll.
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