FOR LOVE OF LIBERTY: THE STORY OF AMERICA'S BLACK PATRIOTS is an inspiring, definitive and unprecedented look at the largely untold history of African-American participation in America's armed forces, from the earliest days of the Revolutionary War to the conflict in Afghanistan. Introduced by General Colin Powell and hosted by Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry, the film uses letters, diaries, speeches, journalistic accounts, historical text and military records to document and acknowledge the profound sacrifices and largely ignored of African-American service men and women.
Sgt. Tshombe Choice and Pfc. Farmer is in Iraq supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom II. U.S. Army Photo by SGT April Johnson.For Love of Liberty - Part 2
As World War Two rages more than one million two hundred thousand African Americans fight for victory. Despite the heroic actions of countless black soldiers and sailors, none are awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. It takes a war in Korea before the military recognizes black men and women to be the equal of their white counterparts and a war in Vietnam before African Americans begin to receive that same respect at home.
As the 20th century comes to a close, the United States Armed Forces are under the command of a black general who leads the nation to its greatest military achievement since the Second World War. When terrorists attack the homeland, America once again finds itself at war in a distant land. For African Americans back home, the struggle for equality is far from over, yet in 2009 the nation inaugurates its first Black Commander In Chief.
FOR LOVE OF LIBERTY: THE STORY OF AMERICA'S BLACK PATRIOTS, Monday at 10 p.m. on PBS-HD 6.
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