Recent films and plays highlight critical alternative voices our history lacks. The Birth of a Nation, Chocolat, Suffragette and Red Velvet portray forgotten or unexplored people and events. This is only the beginning, I hope, of a groundswell of artistic review of history which should include David Fagen. Fagen, an African American soldier, made headlines in the early 1900s when he defected to the Filipino side during the Philippine-American War. His story complicates the assertion that African...
The Forgotten History of an African American Soldier Turned Rebel Leader in the Philippines
The Huffington Post - 17 Mar 2016 20:39
Recent films and plays highlight critical alternative voices our history lacks. The Birth of a Nation, Chocolat, Suffragette and Red Velvet portray forgotten or unexplored people and events. This is only the beginning, I hope, of a groundswell of artistic review of history which should include David Fagen. Fagen, an African American soldier, made headlines in the early 1900s when he defected to the Filipino side during the Philippine-American War. His story complicates the assertion that African...
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