Overview
Slave Pen of Price, Birch, and Company Alexandria.
One
of the central purposes of Black, Copper, &,Bright: The District
of Columbia’s Black Civil War Regiment is to tell more than
just your traditional Civil War story. This documentary is not
just about battlefields, bullets, and banners; it is a saga of
men and their families struggling for freedom, justice and dignity.
That act links them with the ongoing battle of African Americans
to secure economic freedom, racial justice, and human dignity
now.
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Deep Roots, Strong
Branches
Deep Roots, Strong Branches, mirrors the progress of black
America itself by  following the family
of Sergeant Charles Henry Brown, pictured in his service uniform
in the home of his great granddaughter Ms. Ruby Thomas. Such
was his desire for liberty that he escaped from slavery to join
the regiment. That act of courage and defiance made him the motive
force in attaining his own freedom. Deep Roots, Strong Branches,”
records his travails in combat, his efforts to carve out a life
for himself and his family during Reconstruction, and the challenges
and successes facing his descendants in Maryland today.
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