<I>The Black Soldier or the Colored Boys of the United States Army</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1915; republished 1918
name: label: Written by
content: Mary Curtis, American
label: Published by
content: Murray Brothers Press, American, 1908 - 1920s
label: Subject of
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
label: Written by
content: Lieutenant Eugene P. Frierson, American, 1874 - 1946
notes: label: Caption
content: Mary Curtis published Black Soldier because she felt “many deeds of daring and bravery performed by colored soldiers had not received the recognition adequate to their importance and merit.”
label: Description
content: A paperback, second edition book written by Mary Curtis and published by The Murray Brothers, 1918. The volume has a faded blue paper cover, with the title [The Black Soldier] printed at top center within a decorative border. The text [BY / MARY CURTIS, Pd. B.] is printed at center. The interior side of the front cover features a dedication to the author's mother, Cordelia Anna Curtis, and, at bottom center, the notice [COPYRIGHT, 1915. / BY MARY CURTIS]. The title page features at center a small, black silhouette illustration of a solider wearing a hat and with a rifle on his soldier. A handwritten inscription in graphite at the top of the title page reads [To Captain Ling / from Miss Curtis, Nov. 9, 1918]. The text on the title page reads [THE BLACK SOLDIER / OR / THE COLORED BOYS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY / ILLUSTRATED / By MARY CURTIS, PD. B. / (SECOND EDITION) / PRINTED BY / THE MURRAY BROTHERS / WASHINGTON / 1918].
label: Description
content: The volume has a foreword written [By EUGENE P. FRIERSON, / Sergeant Major, 10th United States Cavalry, / Fort Huachuca, Arizona, / August 28, 1914]. Opposite the foreword is a photograph portrait of the author by G. Addison Turner. A preface by the author reads in part [As a public stenographer, Typist, Notary and Pension Agent, I have come in possession of much useful information in relation to the soldiers of the United States Army and noting that many deeds of daring and bravery performed by colored soldiers had not received the recognition adequate to their importance and merit, led me into an exhaustive investigation of the life and deeds of the colored soldiers; and the result of my labors are herein set forth.]. Black-and-white photographs of Sergeant Major Frierson and other soldiers are included within.
place: label: Place printed
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
label: Topic
content: World War I
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.155.26
objectType: label: Type
content: books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 8 15/16 × 6 1/16 × 1/4 in. (22.7 × 15.4 × 0.6 cm)