<Li> The song and music of "Soul Saga (Song of the Buffalo Soldier)" has had several renditions . In 1974, it was produced by Quincy Jones in the album Body Heat . In 1975, the album Symphonic Soul contained another variation and was released by Henry Mancini and his Orchestra . </Li> <Li> The song "Buffalo Soldier", co-written by Bob Marley and King Sporty, first appeared on the 1983 album Confrontation . Many Jamaicans, especially Rastafarians like Marley, identified with the "Buffalo Soldiers" as an example of black men who performed with exceeding courage, honor, valor, and distinction in a field that was dominated by Whites and persevered despite endemic racism and prejudice . </Li> <Li> The song "Buffalo Soldier" by The Flamingos specifically refers to the 10th Cavalry Regiment . The song was a minor hit in 1970 . A cappella group The Persuasions remade the song on their album Street Corner Symphony . This version was produced by David Dashev and Eric Malamud . </Li> <Ul> <Li> The 1960 Western film Sergeant Rutledge tells the story of the trial of a 19th - century black Army first sergeant of the 9th Cavalry, played by Woody Strode, falsely accused of rape and murder . One of the characters explains how the term "Buffalo Soldier" was created by Plains Indians who first saw troopers of the 9th Cavalry wearing buffalo coats and caps in winter and thought they looked like buffalo . The movie's theme song, "Captain Buffalo", was written by Mack David and Jerry Livingston . </Li> <Li> A 1961 episode of the television series Rawhide ("Incident of the Buffalo Soldier", season 3, episode 10, aired January 6, 1961) was about a former top sergeant Buffalo Soldier stationed at Fort Wingate . </Li> <Li> A 1964 episode of Rawhide ("Incident at Seven Fingers", season 6, episode 30, aired May 7, 1964) was about a top sergeant of Troop F, 110th Cavalry Regiment (played by William Marshall) who is accused of being a coward and a deserter . Other Buffalo Soldiers and an officer track him down . </Li> <Li> A 1967 episode of television series The Big Valley called "The Buffalo Man" has the Barkleys establish a parole system in the valley to help give convicts a new start . One of the convicts is a former Buffalo Soldier named Damien, who has a chip on his shoulder and would not admit to his former years in the service, even when Mrs. Barkley sees his tattoo . He has experience with horses and tries to help a foal feed from its mother . The Barkleys want to help him earn parole . The guard, who mistreats the prisoners and believes Damien is "the worst", tells him he will not be getting his parole and poisons the foal, making it look like Damien did it . Damien stands up for himself, and the other prisoners take the opportunity to try to escape . They kill the guard and try to take the Barkleys hostage . Damien stops the other convicts, getting shot in the shoulder . Mrs. Barkley tries to see if he is all right and he says "It's nothin' it's nothin' . I'm a Buffalo Soldier, remember?" </Li> <Li> A 1968 episode of television series The High Chaparral ("The Buffalo Soldiers", season 2, episode 10, aired November 22, 1968), starring Yaphet Kotto, had the 10th Cavalry, C Company called in to establish martial law at the request of the citizens of Tucson, to help relieve it from the grip of a crime boss . </Li> <Li> The 1970 television film Carter's Army (also known as the Black Brigade), starring Stephen Boyd, Rosey Grier, and Richard Pryor, depicted a black unit during World War II, led by a white officer . </Li> <Li> The 1976 film Joshua, starring Fred Williamson, tells the story of a black soldier who, returned from fighting for the Union in the Civil War, becomes a bounty hunter determined to track down his mother's killers . </Li> <Li> The 1997 television film Buffalo Soldiers, starring Danny Glover, drew attention to their role in the American Indian Wars . </Li> <Li> The film Miracle at St. Anna, directed by Spike Lee, chronicles the Buffalo Soldiers who served in the invasion of Italy . It is based on the novel of the same name by James McBride . </Li> <Li> The Pinkertons episode "Forever Free" centers on a regiment of Buffalo Soldiers who stop at Kansas City just after the Civil War . </Li> <Li> The song Waving Flag by K'naan compares the treatment of Somali soldiers to Buffalo Soldiers . </Li> <Li> The 2017 Netflix series Godless has a camp of Ex Buffalo Soldiers, that have turned farming (their fighting days behind them). And in the series it is explained that the term Buffalo Soldier is derived from when John Randall held off 70 Indians with only a pistol, having killed 13 of them while he sustained multiple wounds . This explanation however is largely fictitious . </Li> </Ul>

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