Loyalty in Time of Trial - The African American Experience During World War I

Informationen zum Autor By Nina Mjagkij - Series edited by Jacqueline M. Moore and Nina Mjagkij Klappentext 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. In one of the few book-length treatments of the subject, Nina Mjagkij conveys the full range of the African American experience during the "Great War." Zusammenfassung 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. In one of the few book-length treatments of the subject! Nina Mjagkij conveys the full range of the African American experience during the "Great War." Inhaltsverzeichnis ChronologyIntroductionChapter 1: The Land of Jim Crow: African Americans at the Eve of World War IChapter 2: From Field to Factory: The Wartime Migration of African AmericansChapter 3: Fighting to Fight: The Struggle for Black Officers and Combat SoldiersChapter 4: Raising a Jim Crow Army: The Mobilization and Training of African American TroopsChapter 5: Over There: African American Soldiers in FranceChapter 6: Closing Ranks? African Americans on the Home FrontEpilogue: Returning to RacismDocumentsBibliographic Essay

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• Authors: Nina Mjagkij, Mjagkij Nina
• Assisted by: Nina Mjagkij (Editor), Jacqueline M. Moore (Editor), Mjagkij Nina (Editor of the series), Moore Jacqueline M. (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2014
• EAN: 9780742570443
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-7044-3
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: The African American History Series; African American History; The African American Experience Series; The African American Experience Series; African American History; African American Experience
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, First World War, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I