Torchbearers of democracy : African American soldiers and the era of the First World War / Chad L. Williams.

""In a manner that no previous author has achieved, Chad Williams vividly captures the turbulent times and sentiments of African Americans in general and black soldiers in particular during the World War I era. His scholarship is outstanding."---John Morrow jr., Franklin Professor of History, Univer...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Main Author: Williams, Chad Louis, 1976-
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2010], ©2010.
Series:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, African American.
World War, 1914-1918 > African Americas.
African American soldiers > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Social conditions > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Racism > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Citizenship > United States > History > 20th century.
Physical Description:xiii, 326 pages : illustrations.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Democracy at war : African Americans, citizenship, and the meanings of military service
  • The "race question" : the United States 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.