Afro-American and Southern Servicemen
name: label: Series Creator
content: DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
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content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 2: Armed Forces
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content: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, Series 2: Armed Forces / 2.4: World War I
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1914-1919
container: label: Container
content: Box 50, Folder XX
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Most of the songs use stereotypes of Afro-Americans in the military. Some of the songs are about Southerners fighting for the United States as a sign of post-Civil War regional reconciliation. Two songs are for the 31st "Dixie" Division. Included in the folder is a copy of Goodnight Angeline by James Reese Europe, Noble Sissle, and Eubie Blake. The cover has a photograph of the 369th U.S. Infantry "Hell Fighter" Band as led by Europe. Also included is a 1918 booklet of songs and photographs of Afro-American servicemen called The Negro and the Flag. It was published by the Freedmen's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. (34 items)