Image from Robert Runyon Photograph Collection, The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
Modern Times Lecture Series
“Race, Resistance, and Remembrance: Buffalo Soldiers in the Southwest from Brownsville and Beyond”
Morgan Bettin-Coleman
SUnday, February 28, 2027
Doors 2:00pm | lecture 2:30pm
In-Person & on Zoom
TICKETS
$20 General Admission | $10 Student | FREE for NCHM Members
About this Lecture:
Centered on Black enlisted men, also known as "Buffalo Soldiers," this lecture explores the complexities of their service and how racial identity impacted their experiences in the Southwest. The 1906 Brownsville Raid exemplifies the racism these soldiers experienced, challenging myths that military service meant receiving respect and appreciation. The legacies of this event reveal the longstanding importance of this history and the role of commemoration.
Light refreshments available before the lecture.
Free parking is available behind the Museum; accessible from W 23rd St.
To attend online, register and receive the Zoom meeting link by email ahead of the lecture.
About the Speaker:
Morgan Bettin-Coleman is a history Ph.D. candidate at Rice University. Her dissertation, "The Native Image in the Black Mind: African American Perceptions of Native American Identity in the Long Nineteenth-Century United States," explores various groups of African Americans throughout the nation to compare their ideas about Native identity, both their own and of others. It also examines how these understandings exist(ed) in public memory in the past and present. Her dissertation engages with important scholarly conversations on Afro-Native interactions, highlighting underrepresented Black viewpoints of these connections.
Sponsors
Want to become a sponsor for this event? Contact Cristina Feldott at (512) 478-2335 or cfeldott@nchmuseum.org.