How Shelton Johnson Became the Buffalo Soldiers’ Champion

The National Park Service’s most recognizable park ranger is not only a novelist, playwright and musician ─ and got Oprah to camp in Yosemite ─ he’s working hard to use the story of America’s Buffalo Soldiers to get people of color back to America’s National Parks, where their history runs much deeper than most Americans realize.

Published: Jul 28, 2016
Length: 10 minutes (2,702 words)
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