Pastors Against Racism - 1899
Black Soldier of the Civil War.
Introduction
In the fall of 1898 a regiment of African American soldiers was stationed at Fort Logan, Colorado. The people of Denver greeted them warmly. However, before the year was out, racism reared its ugly head. Community leaders attempted to poison the public toward the black soldiers and get them transferred elsewhere. To their credit, the pastors of Denver refused to ride the rising swell of negative opinion. On this day, February 6, 1899, they joined together to issue a unanimous resolution in support of the beleaguered troops.
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“Resolved, By the Ministerial Alliance of the City of Denver, that the attempt made in certain quarters to have the Twenty-fifth Regiment, United States Infantry, removed from Fort Logan, appears to this body to rest on no just grounds, to be animated on the contrary by motives unworthy and discreditable to Denver and the State, and that especially in view of the heroic record of the Twenty-fifth Regiment, its presence here is an honor to Denver and Colorado, which this Alliance would regret to have withdrawn.”
Steward, T. G. The Colored Regulars in the United States Army.