Torchbearers of democracy : African American soldiers in World War I era / Chad L. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Chad Louis, 1976-

Series:

John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture

The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American.

World War, 1914-1918--Participation, African American.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--African American.

African American soldiers--History--20th century.

African American soldiers.

African Americans--Social conditions--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.

African Americans--Civil rights.

History.

Racism--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Racism.

Citizenship--United States--History--20th century.

Citizenship.

Racism--Political aspects.

African Americans--Social conditions.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 452 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2010]

Contents:

Democracy at war : African Americans, citizenship, and the meanings of military service

The "race question" : the U.S. government and the training experiences of African American soldiers

The hell of war : African American soldiers in labor and combat

Les soldats noir : France, Black military service, and the challenges of internationalism and diaspora

Waging peace : the end of the war and the hope of democracy

The war at home : African American veterans and violence in the long "red summer"

Soldiers to "new Negroes" : African American veterans and postwar racial militancy

Lest we forget : the war and African American soldiers in history and memory.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807833940

0807833940

OCLC:

537652408