[freedumb2003]

Yes, and blacks also fought on both sides of the Civil War.

I hope it isn't trite to note the Buffalo Soldiers.

[Pharmboy]

Not at all. It can never be trite to remember the real contributions blacks have made to this great country (for example, they were the ones who [mainly] built the original wall on what was to become Wall Street) and fight the culture of victimology that the media so loves.