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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the executive producer of a new documentary about the black Americans who fought in the Revolutionary War. He says their stories aren't in history books because 'anybody who was not European was not seen as being worth depicting.'

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look up will lee, Washingtons personal aid. rumor has it he was able to go into Philly and get info

Mathew Broderick and Denzel Washington would disagree

FYI it premieres February 19 on history. Already on my DVR

Cant wait to see his documentary on the Black Confederate Regiments.

The real Black Patriots fought on the side of the British

History is always written by the victors to portray their heroic struggle while not mentioning things that would be inconvenient to their narrative.

LizMair No, it's just like today in the nfl, many blacks would have sided with the enemy. The British

in that time men were captured in bars in SF (Shanghai) and put on ships (enslaved) for years at a time. Whipped/killed..,White guys. Slavery was bad. But it was brutal for everybody. white people were not sitting around tweeting while blacks did all the work.

This is amazing! I cannot wait to see it! We need more of these stories

Why is it people decide to only remember our contributions in February

Revisionist trash.

He shlda just said white

Wow. The more you know. Can’t wait to see this.

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