The American Revolution, slavery, and the Antebellum South -- The Civil War, western expansion, and Buffalo soldiers -- World War I : Black officers and the new Negroes -- World War II : Black women at war -- World War II : Tuskegee Airmen soaring above, 758th tankers rumbling below -- World War II : Song of the South Pacific -- Korea and Vietnam : combat integration and Black power -- The modern era and the evolution of Black leadership.