Buffalo Soldier Presentation

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10th Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army

Dr= . Frank N. Schubert

We= dnesday, February 27, 2008

6:= 30 to 8:00 pm

Su= gar Maple Room, 400 Davis Center

University of Vermo= nt, Burlington, Vermont

Free and Open to th= e Public

Ge= orge Osborne

Jo= hn R. Lyons

Wi= llis Hatcher

Si= las Johnson

Did = you know “Buffalo Soldiers” is more than a Bob Marley song?

Did = you know 10th Cavalry Soldiers were stationed at Fort Ethan Allen in VT?

Do y= ou want to learn more about the Buffalo Soldiers? Then please join us.

Frank "Micke= y" Schubert was born in Washington, D. C. He is a graduate of Ho= ward University (B.A., 1965), the University of Wyoming (M. A., 1970), and = the University of Toledo (Ph. D., 1977). He served in the U.S. Army d= uring 1965-1968, including one year in Vietnam, and rose to the rank of cap= tain. He worked as a historian in the Department of Defense from 1977= to 2003, when he retired as chief of the Joint Operational History Branch,= in the Joint History Office, Office of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff= . Dr. Schubert was a Fulbright lecturer at a university in Cluj, Romania, d= uring the academic year 2003-2004.

He has written extensively on military subjects, including frontier explo= ration, black soldiers, and military construction, and has lectured at univ= ersities in Hungary, Romania, and Germany. His books on buffalo soldi= ers are Buffalo Soldiers, Braves, and the Brass: the Story of Fort Ro= binson, Nebraska (1993), On the Trail of the Buffalo Soldier: Biograp= hies of African-Americans in the U.S. Army, 1866-1917 (1995), Black Valor:&= nbsp; Buffalo Soldiers and the Medal of Honor, 1870-1898 (1997), and Voices= of the Buffalo Soldier: Records, Reports, and Recollections of Milit= ary Service in the West (2003). His latest book, On the Trail of the = Buffalo Soldier II: New and Revised Biographies of African Americans = in the U.S. Army, 1866-1917 co-authored with Irene Schubert, appeared in Se= ptember 2004. Dr. Schubert’s web page: http://www.captainbuffalo.c= om/

Black History Month Event= Sponsored By:

= University of Vermont Office of the Assoc= iate Provost for Multicultural Affairs, College of Education & Social S= ervices, Student Life, ALANA U.S. Ethnic Studies, Center for Research on Ve= rmont, Center for Cultural Pluralism, ALANA Student Center, Center for Worl= d Education, Department of Integrated Professional Studies, Master of Scien= ce in Counseling Program, Black Student Union, Special Collections - Bailey= Howe Library and = Champlain College Office of Student D= iversity & Inclusion

Map and Directions Online http://www.uvm.edu/~davis

Parking available at the Ag Engineering= Lot - No Permit Required After 3:30 PM

For More Information Contact: Rose Mary= Graveline <Rose.Graveline@uvm.edu<= /span>> 802-656-3888