[NPR's report on the story of the first African-American infantry unit in World War I].

Illustrator Max Brooks, author of "The Harlem Hellfighters," a new graphic novel about the first African-American infantry unit to fight in World War I, tells the story of the unit. Col. Reginald Sanders, a former commander of the 369th Sustainment Brigade, explains where the name "Hellfighters" cam...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brooks, Max
Corporate Author: National Public Radio (U.S.)
Other Authors: Sanders, Reginald
Miller, Melville
Wang, Hansi Lo (Reporter)
Language:English
Published: [2014]
Subjects:
United States. > Army. > Infantry Regiment, 369th > History.
Radio news programs.
Nonfiction radio programs.
Genre:
Radio news programs.
Nonfiction radio programs.
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (4 min., 36 sec.) : digital, WAV file.
Format: Audio Software
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Illustrator Max Brooks, author of "The Harlem Hellfighters," a new graphic novel about the first African-American infantry unit to fight in World War I, tells the story of the unit. Col. Reginald Sanders, a former commander of the 369th Sustainment Brigade, explains where the name "Hellfighters" came from. Melville Miller remembers his time in the unit, the respect and admiration they received from the French, and their return to racial violence in the U.S. Hansi Lo Wang narrates.
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Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 23663
Playing Time:00:04:36
Event Details:
Broadcast on NPR, Apr. 1, 2014.