Class Year
2017
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This article concerns itself with the U.S. newspaper coverage given to black soldiers (primarily African-American) in the lead up to the U.S. entry into the First World War, through the war, and into the 1930's. In so doing, it chronicles the divisions that appeared within the black community in America as black Americans debated whether or not to serve a country that did not respect their liberties at home, the portrayal of black soldiers in U.S. newspapers, and the post-war betrayal that saw the rise of a popular silence on the rights of black veterans, and a forced return to the Jim Crowe status quo of black life before WW1.
Recommended Citation
LaRoche, Matthew D.
(2017)
"From Crusaders to Flunkies: American Newspaper Coverage of Black First World War Soldiers from 1915 and 1930.,"
The Gettysburg Historical Journal: Vol. 16, Article 7.
Available at:
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/ghj/vol16/iss1/7
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