9780306806940-0306806940-The Unknown Soldiers: African-American Troops in World War I

The Unknown Soldiers: African-American Troops in World War I

ISBN-13: 9780306806940
ISBN-10: 0306806940
Author: Arthur E. Barbeau, Florette Henri
Publication date: 1996
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Format: Paperback 320 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780306806940
ISBN-10: 0306806940
Author: Arthur E. Barbeau, Florette Henri
Publication date: 1996
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Format: Paperback 320 pages

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The Unknown Soldiers: African-American Troops in World War I (ISBN-13: 9780306806940 and ISBN-10: 0306806940), written by authors Arthur E. Barbeau, Florette Henri, was published by Da Capo Press in 1996. With an overall rating of 4.0 stars, it's a notable title among other Black & African Americans (United States History, United States, Military History, World War I, World War II, Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Unknown Soldiers: African-American Troops in World War I (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Black & African Americans books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.58.

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During World War I 370,000 African Americans labored, fought, and died to make the world safe for a democracy that refused them equal citizenship at home. The irony was made more bitter as black troops struggled with the racist policies of the American military itself. The overwhelming majority were assigned to labor companies; those selected for combat were under-trained, poorly equipped, ad commanded by white officers who insisted on black inferiority. Still, African Americans performed admirably under fire: the 369th Infantry regiment was in continuous combat loner than any other American unit, and was the first Allied regiment to cross the Rhine in the offensive against Germany.The Unknown Soldiers, the only full-scale examination of the subject, chronicles the rigid segregation; the limited opportunities for advancement; the inadequate training, food, medical attention, housing, and clothing; the verbal harassment and physical abuse, including lynchings; the ingratitude, unemployment, and unprecedented racial violence that greeted their return. The Unknown Soldiers is an unforgettable, searing study of those wartime experiences that forced African Americans to realize that equality and justice could never be earned in Jim Crow America, but only wrested from its strangling grip.

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