Buffalo Soldier Speaks

Buffalo Soldier Speaks

By Yosemite National Park
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Buffalo Soldier Speaks episodes

  • Time in Yosemite
    Sgt. Boman talks about Time as its own sort of geography, that in the Sierra Nevada you can get lost in the when, the here and now, as easily as taking a wrong turn in the mountains.
    6 min
  • On Two Fronts II
    Sgt. Boman continues this conversation about colored men who serve in the military, and their fight for freedoms that are elusive once they return from the battlefield.
    5 min
  • On Two Fronts
    Sgt. Boman tells of an encounter in Jerseydale that prompts him to consider some of the differences between being a colored soldier versus a white soldier in a time of war.
    10 min
  • Power
    Sgt. Boman reflects on his status as a sergeant in the Ninth Cavalry and the meaning in his own life of the word �power�.
    10 min
  • Taken at Thousand Island Lake
    What's the power of beauty on the human spirit? Can a place be so beautiful that when we give ourselves over to that beauty we lose a part of ourselves? On a routine patrol Sgt. Boman encounters such a place.
    7 min
  • The Hunt
    After Sgt. Boman evicts a poacher from the park, he has a feeling that he may be the one who's being stalked.
    15 min
  • Birthday
    Sgt. Boman has a birthday in Yosemite Valley and thinks about the family he has left behind in the South.
    8 min

About Buffalo Soldier Speaks

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"A Buffalo Soldier Speaks" an audio podcast featuring National Park Ranger Shelton Johnson as Sergeant Elizy Boman, Troop "K", Ninth U.S. Cavalry, who was dispatched to Yosemite National Park in 1903…