Buffalo Soldier Speaks

Yosemite National Park
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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 and served there through 1904.

  1. 01/22/2014

    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

  2. 12/18/2013

    On Two Fronts III

    Sgt. Boman�s final thoughts on fighting that war for freedom, for true emancipation.

    5 min

  3. 12/11/2013

    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

  4. 12/04/2013

    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.

    9 min

  5. 11/20/2013

    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

  6. 11/13/2013

    Moonlight on Banner Peak

    Sgt. Boman feels the power of Yosemite on another memorable night in the wild.

    7 min

  7. 11/06/2013

    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

  8. 10/30/2013

    Spiritual

    Sgt. Boman reflects on the impact of his 20 year separation from his family.

    8 min
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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 and served there through 1904.

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