The Undaunted Buffalo Soldier, Gloria Kellon

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Gloria Kellon, artist
The Undaunted Buffalo Soldier, 2012
Where object was made: Shaker Heights, Ohio, United States
Material/technique: cotton fabric; faux leather; metal buttons; Persian lamb fur; grosgrain ribbon; knit fabric; strip piecing; appliqué; machine embroidery; machine quilting
Accession number: EL2017.051
Not on display
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And Still We Rise

1866: Congress authorizes the creation of four all–African American regiments in the United States Army. Two cavalry regiments, the 9th and 10th, and two infantry regiments, the 24th and 25th, will become the only units in which African American soldiers can serve until the Spanish- American War. The soldiers in these units will be known informally as Buffalo Soldiers, a name that may have come from Native Americans.

Exhibitions

And Still We Rise
2017