African-American Heritage

Video Clips

Song of the Buffalo Soldier, Part 1 (Real Media)

Song of the Buffalo Soldier, Part 2 (Real Media)

Special Guests:

• Ken Pollard, TPWD Buffalo Soldiers
• Dr. Ken Brown, University of Houston, Anthropologist, Levi Jordan Plantation
• Jeff Hutchinson, Site Manager, Varner-Hogg Plantation
• Sara Massey, Institute of Texan Culture

Chatroom Hosts:

• Nancy Herron, TPWD Education Services
• Christina Conner, TPWD Education Services
• Steve Campbell, TPWD Education Services
• Vicki Hagen, TPWD Exploring Texas Roots Geneology Project

Topics:

• Traditions, history and distribution in Texas.
• What are the current issues facing them?
• Includes Buffalo Soldiers and recent archeological discoveries in Brazoria County.

Students are invited to share their community's stories. See Guidelines for Submitting Your Oral History to TPWD.

Resources

Cultural Research

• Institute of Texan Cultures

Preserving the Past

• Buffalo Soldiers
• Buffalo Soldiers of the Western Frontier
• Varner-Hogg Plantation
• Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Guide
• Fort Richardson State Historic Park