tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post34984444760045673..comments2024-03-20T06:44:28.606-05:00Comments on TransGriot: The Original Black PanthersMonica Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-21293691162282658722009-02-07T13:42:00.000-06:002009-02-07T13:42:00.000-06:00I agree. I first learned about then from Kareem Ab...I agree. I first learned about then from Kareem Abdul Jabbar's book 'Profiles In Black Courage'Monica Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-49020582633555617532008-06-18T01:04:00.000-05:002008-06-18T01:04:00.000-05:00The 761 Battalion was mentioned in a PBS special t...The 761 Battalion was mentioned in a PBS special thirteen years ago, of which presentation drew much controversy from certain quarters for the veracity of their liberation actions of(particularly) the concenatration camps. Despite that, What I especially recall was this cool-looking elder-brother verteran recapitulating that period while dillangently sculpting his minature table-top<BR/>WWII scene(the "Battle of Bastiogne") which the 761 Black Panther Battallion(under Patton,)exclusively liberated.<BR/><BR/>The sculpter\veteran bitterly stated that the movie "Patton" did not show Africano armored fighters but all whites as the tank battalion made their way through the bitter winter mountain roads in the winter of '44-'45.<BR/><BR/>Really, a movie should be made of this storied period to compete with the up-coming George Lucas movie on the Tuskeege Airmen.<BR/><BR/>Atoman57Renard A.Atkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10856284031662706603noreply@blogger.com