000439058 000__ 04263cam\a2200469Ia\4500 000439058 001__ 439058 000439058 005__ 20210513153024.0 000439058 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000439058 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000439058 008__ 120605s2010\\\\ncu\\\\\ob\\\s001\0\eng\d 000439058 010__ $$z 2010006647 000439058 020__ $$a9780807899359$$q(electronic book) 000439058 020__ $$z9780807833940 000439058 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn694145910 000439058 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10425436 000439058 035__ $$a(MiAaPQ)EBC605945 000439058 035__ $$a439058 000439058 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000439058 05014 $$aD639.N4$$bW497 2010eb 000439058 08204 $$a940.4/03$$222 000439058 1001_ $$aWilliams, Chad Louis,$$d1976- 000439058 24510 $$aTorchbearers of democracy$$h[electronic resource] :$$bAfrican American soldiers in the World War I era /$$cChad L. Williams. 000439058 260__ $$aChapel Hill :$$bUniversity of North Carolina Press,$$cc2010. 000439058 300__ $$a1 online resource (xiii, 452 p.) :$$bill. 000439058 4901_ $$aThe John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture 000439058 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000439058 5050_ $$aIntroduction -- Part I: War. Democracy at war : African Americans, citizenship, and the meanings of military service ; The "race question" : the U.S. 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 -- Part II: Peace? 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 -- Epilogue. 000439058 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000439058 520__ $$aOn April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson thrust the United States into World War I by declaring, "The world must be made safe for democracy." For the 380,000 African American soldiers who fought and labored in the global conflict, these words carried life or death meaning. Relating stories bridging the war and postwar years, spanning the streets of Chicago and the streets of Harlem, from the battlefields of the American South to the battlefields of the Western Front, the speaker reveals the central role of African American soldiers in World War I and how they, along with race activists and ordinary citizens alike, committed to fighting for democracy at home and beyond. Using a diverse range of sources, the author connects the history of African American soldiers and veterans to issues such as the obligations of citizenship, combat and labor, diaspora and internationalism, homecoming and racial violence, "New Negro" militancy, and African American historical memories of the war. Democracy may have been distant from the everyday lives of African Americans at the dawn of the war, but it nevertheless remained a powerful ideal that sparked the hopes of black people throughout the country for societal change. Torchbearers of democracy reclaims the legacy of black soldiers and establishes the World War I era as a defining moment in the history of African Americans and peoples of African descent more broadly. 000439058 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000439058 650_0 $$aWorld War, 1914-1918$$xParticipation, African American. 000439058 650_0 $$aWorld War, 1914-1918$$xAfrican Americans. 000439058 650_0 $$aAfrican American soldiers$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000439058 650_0 $$aAfrican Americans$$xSocial conditions$$y20th century. 000439058 650_0 $$aAfrican Americans$$xCivil rights$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000439058 650_0 $$aRacism$$xPolitical aspects$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000439058 650_0 $$aCitizenship$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000439058 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aWilliams, Chad Louis, 1976-$$tTorchbearers of democracy.$$dChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2010$$z9780807833940$$w(DLC) 2010006647$$w(OCoLC)537652408 000439058 830_0 $$aJohn Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture. 000439058 8520_ $$bacq 000439058 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central 000439058 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=605945$$zOnline Access 000439058 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:439058$$pGLOBAL_SET 000439058 980__ $$aEBOOK 000439058 980__ $$aBIB 000439058 982__ $$aEbook 000439058 983__ $$aOnline