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Torchbearers of democracy : African American soldiers in the World War I era
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Torchbearers of democracy : African American soldiers in the World War I era

Author: Chad Louis Williams
Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010.
Series: John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Chad Louis Williams
ISBN: 9780807833940 0807833940
OCLC Number: 537652408
Description: xiii, 452 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Introduction --
Part I: War. 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 --
Part II: Peace? 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 --
Epilogue.
Series Title: John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Responsibility: Chad L. Williams.
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