

An edition of Freedom struggles (2009)
African Americans and World War I
By Adriane Danette Lentz-Smith
Publish Date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Language
eng
Pages
336
Description:
For many of the 200,000 African American soldiers sent to Europe with the American Expeditionary Forces in WWI, encounters with French civilians and colonial African troops led them to imagine a world beyond Jim Crow. This work explores how WWI mobilized a generation.
subjects: United States. -- Army -- African American troops -- History -- 20th century, World War, 1914-1918, Race relations, African American Participation, Racism, United States, African American soldiers, Social conditions, United States. Army, African Americans, African American troops, History, World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, African American, African American soldiers -- History -- History -- 20th century, African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century, Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century, United States -- Race relations, United states, army, african american troops, African americans, social conditions, United states, race relations, World war, 1914-1918, african americans, Participation, african american