Paraphrase Practice

We used and article from Reel American History

"Regardless of the cause, fighting for the Union army were over 188,000 Blacks who often are overlooked or forgotten in our understanding of American history from our primary school textbooks. In addition to those brave soldiers, the struggle and the people behind the struggle to allow colored regiments to fight for their country was as quickly and easily omitted from our "history." In this aspect, the film is glorified as a heroic milestone in historical cinema."

Paraphrase 

In the civil war nearly 200,000 African american soldiers were fighting for the union and even though the men were effective and important, american history somewhat disregards the understanding of what the men did. This is possible because it was easy for a group of African american soldiers to be forgotten in history during this period in time. Due to this, the movie created about these men is a very important and is special for movies explaining history.