We return fighting : World War I and the shaping of modern Black identity / edited by Kinshasha Holman Conwill ; foreword by Philippe Étienne ; introduction and epilogue by Lonnie G. Bunch III ; contributions by Lisa M. Budreau [and six others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bunch, Lonnie G., III, author of introduction.

Contributor:

Conwill, Kinshasha, editor.

Budreau, Lisa M. (Lisa Mary), 1957-

Étienne, Philippe, 1955-

National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--African Americans.

African Americans.

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

African American soldiers.

African Americans--History--1877-1964.

History.

World War, 1914-1918--Influence.

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

African Americans--Civil rights.

African Americans--Race identity.

Black people--Race identity--United States.

Black people.

Black people--Race identity.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Military participation--African American.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

160 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2019]

Summary:

"A richly illustrated commemoration of African Americans' roles in World War I highlighting how the wartime experience reshaped their lives and their communities after they returned home"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A global war

From civil war to world war : African American soldiers and the roots of the civil rights movement

At home and abroad : during and after the war

Epilogue: On the horizon : toward civil rights.

Notes:

Includes fold-out pages.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-149) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: We return fighting.

ISBN:

9781588346728

1588346722

OCLC:

1085637575

Publisher Number:

99983486290