A Video Dedication For Black History Month

February is Black History Month, a time when the achievements of African-Americans are promoted and highlighted in the media. For this occasion, I'm going to dedicate this entry to a man who was not an American yet he spent time in the U.S. and he was definitely of African descent. His full name was the Hon. Robert Nesta Marley, O.M. (the last initials stood for Order of Merit, a title that the nation of Jamaica bestowed upon him shortly before his death in 1981 at the age of 36) but he was better known as Bob Marley, reggae superstar from Jamaica who used his songs to promote racial unity, peace, and justice all over the world. If he were still alive, yesterday would've been his 64th birthday.

To make this entry even more relevant to Black History Month, here's a video for "Buffalo Soldier," a song that Marley wrote about the African-American soldiers who were recruited to fight in the U.S. Army against the Native Americans during the Indian Wars after 1866.