| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 452 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
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John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson thrust the United States into World War I by declaring, "The world must be made safe for democracy." For the 380,000 African American soldiers who fought and labored in the global conflict, these words carried life or death meaning. Relating stories bridging the war and postwar years, spanning the streets of Chicago and the streets of Harlem, from the battlefields of the American South to the battlefields of the Western Front, Chad L. Williams reveals the central role of African American soldiers in World War I and how they, along with race activists. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
World War (1914-1918) |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, African American.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- African Americans.
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African Americans. |
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African American soldiers -- History -- 20th century.
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African American soldiers. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Social conditions. |
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Civil rights. |
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Racism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Racism -- Political aspects. |
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United States. |
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Citizenship -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Citizenship. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Racism. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Williams, Chad Louis, 1976- Torchbearers of democracy. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010 9780807833940 (DLC) 2010006647 (OCoLC)537652408 |
| ISBN |
9780807899359 (electronic book) |
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0807899356 (electronic book) |
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9781469604961 (electronic book) |
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1469604965 (electronic book) |
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9780807833940 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0807833940 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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