We used an article on Reel American History
"Regardless of the cause, fighting for the Union army were over 188,000
Blacks who often are overlooked or forgotten in our understanding of
American history from our primary school textbooks. In addition to
those brave soldiers, the struggle and the people behind the struggle to
allow colored regiments to fight for their country was as quickly and
easily omitted from our "history." In this aspect, the film is
glorified as a heroic milestone in historical cinema."
Paraphrase
There were almost 200,000 blacks fighting in the Civil War and we did not hear about them in our history books that we used in school. The blacks fighting weren't the only ones who were going through hardships, the men who were in charge of the black regiments weren't heard of very much either. This movie was a big milestone in film history because of how it highlights this part of American history.
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