Jabbar has a deep interest in African-American military history. I've read the same book, and IIRC there's a street on Ft. Hood named after that unit. I visited Ft. Davis while doing a short tour at Ft. Bliss, and was only slightly surprised to see him narrate a film on that former 10th Cavalry frontier post.
Just FYI: There were four regiments composed of black Soldiers with white officers that did the majority of the work of securing the western expansion of our country during the last quarter of the 19th century - the 9th and 10th Cavalry and the 24th and 25th Infantry. They were known as "Buffalo Soldiers". To this day, the 10th Cav's unit insignia is in the form of a buffalo. General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, who commanded the American Expeditionary Forces that we sent to Europe during WWI, got the moniker "Black Jack" from the time he commanded the 9th Cav when he was a colonel.
I think it would be awesome to hang out over a pot of coffee with Jabbar.
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