Loyalty in the time of trial : the African American experience in World War I / Nina Mjagkij.
2011
D639.N4 M55 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
Loyalty in the time of trial : the African American experience in World War I / Nina Mjagkij.
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ISBN
9780742570436 (alk. paper)
0742570436 (alk. paper)
0742570436 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., ©2011.
Language
English
Description
xxiii, 225 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
D639.N4 M55 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
940.3089/96073
Summary
In this book the author conveys the full range of the African American experience during the Great War. Nearly 370,000 black soldiers served in the military during World War I, and some 400,000 black civilians migrated from the rural South to the urban North for defense jobs. Prior to World War I, most African Americans did not challenge the racial status quo. Following the war, emboldened by their military service and their support of the war on the home front, African Americans were determined to fight for equality. These two factors forced America to confront the impact of segregation and racism.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
African American history series (Lanham, Md.)
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Table of Contents
The land of Jim Crow : African Americans on the eve of World War I
From field to factory : the wartime migration of African Americans
Fighting to fight : the struggle for Black officers and combat soldiers
Raising a Jim Crow army : the mobilization and training of African American Troops
Over there : African American soldiers in France
Closing ranks? African Americans on the home front
Epilogue : returning to racism.
From field to factory : the wartime migration of African Americans
Fighting to fight : the struggle for Black officers and combat soldiers
Raising a Jim Crow army : the mobilization and training of African American Troops
Over there : African American soldiers in France
Closing ranks? African Americans on the home front
Epilogue : returning to racism.