American Experience
Season 4 Episode 3 - The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
6.9 ?
1988
Documentary
The first officially formed regiment of northern black soldiers who fought in the Civil War, the 54th's roster included shopkeepers, clerks, cobblers and seamen. They knew the eyes of the nation would be on them at a time when many whites insisted that black soldiers were too cowardly to fight. By the war's end, 180,000 black troops filled the Union ranks.
Episodes in Season 4
1
LBJ (1)
55 min
2
LBJ (2)
55 min
3
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
55 min
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4
Scandalous Mayor
55 min
5
The Johnstown Flood
55 min
6
Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance
55 min
7
G-Men: The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover
55 min
8
Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo
55 min
9
The Quiz Show Scandal
55 min
10
Love in the Cold War
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11
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12
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13
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