Culture Spot: The Buffalo Soldiers (Video)

African-American soldiers have fought in American wars since colonial days. 180,000 Black soldiers served in the Civil War. The Buffalo Soldiers of the late 1800s took their name from the Native Americans..

Buffalo Soldiers
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to abolish		abolir
to be up to a challenge		pouvoir relever un défi / le challenge
curly		frisé
to remind		rappeler
tenacity		la détermination, la ténacité
cornered		piégé
to affix		attacher
a will		une volonté, une détermination
a chief warrant officer		un adjudant-chef
to devote oneself to		se consacrer à
through		à travers, par
to contend with		affronter
purpose		le but
to disdain		mépriser, dédaigner
a lesser rank		un rang de moindre importance

pride		une fierté
to swell up		enfler
to prove		démontrer, prouver
worth		la valeur

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General George Armstrong Custer