James Gooding is a real person portrayed by Rocky Carroll in the TV series American Experience (based on a true story).
In the first episode they appeared in, titled The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry (season 4), they were 28 years old.
They appear in 1 episodes out of a total of 387 aired so far
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The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
episode S4.E3 october 1991A story of the formation and service of the first all-Black military unit in the United States during the Civil War.