Harlem's Rattlers and the Great War : the undaunted 369th Regiment and the African American quest for equality / Jeffrey T. Sammons and John H. Morrow, Jr.

When on May 15, 1918 a French lieutenant warned Henry Johnson of the 369th to move back because of a possible enemy raid, Johnson reportedly replied: "I'm an American, and I never retreat." The story, even if apocryphal, captures the mythic status of the Harlem Rattlers, the African American combat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sammons, Jeffrey T. (Jeffrey Thomas), 1949-
Other Authors:	Morrow, John Howard, 1944-
Language:	English
Published:	Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2014. Lawrence, Kansas : 2014.
Series:	Modern war studies.
Subjects:	United States. > Army. > Infantry Regiment, 369th. United States. > Army. > American Expeditionary Forces > African American troops. France. > Armée > African American troops > History > 20th century. World War, 1914-1918 > Regimental histories > United States. World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, African American. World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Western Front. African American soldiers > History > 20th century. African Americans > Social conditions > To 1964.
Physical Description:	xii, 616 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Format:	Book

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