'Glory' and the Real Robert Gould Shaw
Update: 2025-11-04
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History As It Happens returns to the movies! In this episode, historian Kevin Levin discusses the 1989 film Glory, a moving portrayal of one of the first Black fighting regiments of the Civil War, the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, and its commander, Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.
Further reading:
Robert Gould Shaw, Glory, and the Problem of AI by Kevin Levin (Civil War Memory on Substack)
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