As statues of historical figures such as Christopher Columbus and Robert E. Lee — both of whom have potentially racist or otherwise troubling backstories — are regularly being removed from places of honor in urban areas, a new set of heroes we can proudly look up to are emerging in their place.
The latest group to receive such a recognition? A group of Black military men known as the Buffalo Soldiers will be memorialized with a new statue at one of our nation’s biggest and most elite military institutions.
Leah Asmelash of CNN has reported that “after years of fundraising, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point will finally unveil a new monument dedicated to the Buffalo Soldiers, a group of Black soldiers who played a key role in the westward expansion of the United States.”
