American Experience

The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry (Season 4, Episode 3)

TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

A story of the formation and service of the first all-Black military unit in the United States during the Civil War.

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Oct 14, 1991 (United States)

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Rocky Carroll James Gooding (voice) James Gooding (voice) See fewer	Crimson Tide (1995)
Laurence Fishburne Martin Delany (voice) Martin Delany (voice) See fewer	The Matrix (1999)
Morgan Freeman Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Seven (1995)
Carl Lumbly Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass See fewer	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Kevin Rock Thomas Ampey (voice) Thomas Ampey (voice) See fewer	Surfside Girls (2022)
Blair Underwood Lewis Douglass Lewis Douglass See fewer	Deep Impact (1998)