gayle buckley, could you speak briefly about the diverse ways in which enslaved africans actually ended up being armed and brought into the military during the period of slavery? >> yes, i would love to talk about that. i also would like to mention -- could i echo a few things you said? >> certainly. >> in 1929 it was written that say black people in america have no reason to be ashamed of being slaves. the people who should be ashamed are the people that kept them in slavery. so there was a certainly a worldwide notice paid to slavery and the facts that we had no reason to be ashamed. as howard pointed out, blacks have been on the continent of america since the 15th century and a large part of that continent. in 1800, for example, blacks were 0% 20 piers of th% of the . one in seven members of george washington's army was black. this is history we should know. this is part of what as howard said makes us the most -- among the most american if not the most american of americans. for example, in world war i, going very far forward, but in world war i, blacks were chosen to guard the spec