Black Soldier Blues

Clip 3: Cold return home

2 min 46 sec

Taken from the documentary Black Soldier Blues (2004)

Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be PG

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Curator’s clip description

African American ex-servicemen recall returning to prejudice and hatred by white Americans at the end of the Second World War.

Curator’s notes

Poignant stories of the sadness and anger of the African American troops at their treatment after the war.

Damien Parer, curator

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