The Unknown Soldiers

African-American Troops in World War I

By: Arthur E. Barbeau, Bernard Nalty, Florette Henri

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Paperback | 1 January 2001 | Edition Number 1

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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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Plates
Introduction
Foreword
Preface
Who Was the Black American of World War I?	p. 3
Violence in the Summer, 1917	p. 21
Choosing and Using Black Draftees	p. 33
The Problem of the Black Officer	p. 56
Two Black Fighting Outfits	p. 70
Laborers in Uniform	p. 89
The 93d Division in France	p. 111
The 92d Division in France	p. 137
After the Armistice	p. 164
Home?	p. 175
Appendix: Disposal of the Colored Drafted Men	p. 191
Notes	p. 203
Bibliography	p. 249
Index	p. 271
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