03945nam 2200733Ia 450 991078533780332120230120040757.01-4696-0496-50-8078-9935-6(CKB)2670000000058484(EBL)605945(OCoLC)681746132(SSID)ssj0000457212(PQKBManifestationID)11924185(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000457212(PQKBWorkID)10414901(PQKB)10330180(OCoLC)966845903(MdBmJHUP)muse48698(Au-PeEL)EBL605945(CaPaEBR)ebr10425436(MiAaPQ)EBC605945(MiAaPQ)EBC4322108(EXLCZ)99267000000005848420100226d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTorchbearers of democracy[electronic resource] African American soldiers and the era of the First World War /Chad L. WilliamsChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20101 online resource (469 pages)The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.1-4696-0985-1 0-8078-3394-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 and ordiJohn Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.World War, 1914-1918Participation, African AmericanWorld War, 1914-1918African AmericansAfrican American soldiersHistory20th centuryAfrican AmericansSocial conditions20th centuryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistory20th centuryRacismPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryCitizenshipUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1914-1918Participation, African American.World War, 1914-1918African Americans.African American soldiersHistoryAfrican AmericansSocial conditionsAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryRacismPolitical aspectsHistoryCitizenshipHistory940.4/03Williams Chad Louis1976-1520421MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785337803321Torchbearers of democracy3758988UNINA