Corporal Ira Clark In The Movie 'Lincoln'

In my opinion, I believe that Corporal Ira Clark was in fact portrayed fairly, accurately, and properly throughout the movie “Lincoln”. During the late 1800’s when the civil war, and the abolishment of slavery was the topic of debate, many African Americans could join the army and help with the civil war. In other words, African Americans were being used because of the fact they could fight in the war, but could not have certain jobs being offered to them outside of the war itself. In addition, many African Americans couldn’t find jobs as well after the war. This particular point throughout the movie, was definitely portrayed as a time that equality between races could finally be acted upon. Since African Americans and white soldiers were not

For example, the civil war. Clark, was a prime example of this because he also helped others to become successful, by creating infantry units to give jobs to African Americans who wanted them. This was a huge deal in the late 1800’s because many African Americans needed to get out of poverty, and needed to make change, to ultimately inform others, who advocated for segregation, that they will not stop until an solution will be implemented. This was shown throughout the article, Black Civil War Soldiers, in which proves the fact that many African Americans were trying to create infantry units, “Some blacks took this as their cue to begin forming infantry units of their own. African Americans from New Orleans formed three National Guard units: the First, Second and Third Louisiana Native Guard.” This has further helped the African American community. Therefore, this proved the fact that Corporal Ira Clark was in fact a great character portrayed during the late