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For many of the 200,000 black soldiers sent to Europe with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, encounters with French civilians and colonial African troops led them to imagine a world beyond Jim Crow. They returned home to join activists working to make that world real. In narrating th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lentz-Smith, Adriane, 1974-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
United States. > Army > African American troops > History > 20th century.
États-Unis. > Army > Troupes noires américaines > Histoire > 20e siècle.
United States. > Army
1900-1999
World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, African American.
African American soldiers > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Social conditions > 20th century.
Racism > United States > History > 20th century.
Militaires noirs américains > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Racisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Military > World War I.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Armed Forces > African American troops
African American soldiers
African Americans > Social conditions
Military participation > African American
Race relations
Racism
US-Soldat
Weltkrieg > 1914-1918
Ethnische Identität
Sozialstatus
Ethnische Beziehungen
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States
Schwärze
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:For many of the 200,000 black soldiers sent to Europe with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, encounters with French civilians and colonial African troops led them to imagine a world beyond Jim Crow. They returned home to join activists working to make that world real. In narrating the efforts of African American soldiers and activists to gain full citizenship rights as recompense for military service, Adriane Lentz-Smith illuminates how World War I mobilized a generation.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (318 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-302) and index.
ISBN:9780674054189
0674054180

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