Charles Hancock, Vice President of the Southwest Association of Buffalo Soldiers, will present this program. The first African American soldiers to arrive in Arizona at Fort Huachuca were the Buffalo Soldiers in the l890’s, the 9th and l0th Cavalries and the 24th and 25th Infantry Regiments. These units distinguished themselves in the Spanish American War and the charge up San Juan Hill. They were part of the Punitive Expedition into Mexico and were sent to Camp Naco, Arizona, Camp Little in Nogales and other locations in Arizona to guard the Arizona border during the Mexican Revolution.