A Soldier's Story (1984)
Trey Wilson: Colonel Nivens
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Quotes
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Colonel Nivens : Remember, you're the first colored officer most of these men ever seen. The Army expects you to set an example for the colored troops... and be a credit to your race.
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Colonel Nivens : I've been commanding colored troops all my life, Davenport. The worst thing you can do, in this part of the country, is pay too much attention to the death of a negro under mysterious circumstances. Especially a soldier. People get itchy. Uneasy. White folk in the town, colored at the fort, keep turning this thing over. Sooner or later, you're bound to have an explosion.
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Colonel Nivens : This thing has been blown all the hell out of shape. This is the Army's business. Not the NAACP. Not the Negro press. Not those paper-shufflin' desk jockeys in Washington.
