History Pub- Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts Documentary screening and Q&A w/ Dru Holley, producer and director

Grand Lodge Theater
3505 Pacific Ave

Forest Grove, Oregon 97116

Wednesday March 12, 2025
Doors 6:00PM / Event 7:00PM

Established by Congress in 1867, the post-Civil War African American regiment of the US Army, known as the Buffalo Soldiers, fought military conflicts abroad and civil right struggles at home. Many African American men enlisted in exchange for full citizenship as promised by the 14th Amendment but were denied this right by the Jim Crow laws established in the Reconstructionist South. In spite of that, these patriotic men helped lead the United States expansion westward; they built and guarded the Pacific Railroad and served as park rangers in places like Yosemite before the US government established the National Park Service. The story of the Buffalo Soldiers involves historical complexities like race, class, power, colonialism, and western expansion.   

The documentary film 𝐵𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑜 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑠: 𝐹𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑇𝑤𝑜 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑠 focuses on these Black men, named and nameless, who were part of this complicated history of the American West.  It was named Pacific Northwest Best Documentary at the Tacoma Film Festival, winning the Audience Choice Award in 2022.  Join us for this special documentary screening and Q&A with producer/director Dru Holley.