Loyalty in the time of trial
Subtitle: the African American experience in World War I
By: Nina Mjagkij
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780742570436; 9780742570450
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Race relations; African American Participation; Racism; United States; African American soldiers; Social conditions; United States. Army; African Americans; African American troops; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The land of Jim Crow : African Americans at the eve of World War I; title: From field to factory : the wartime migration of African Americans; title: Fighting to fight : the struggle for Black officers and combat soldiers; title: Raising a Jim Crow army : the mobilization and training of African American Troops; title: Over there : African American soldiers in France; title: Closing ranks? African Americans on the home front; title: Epilogue : returning to racism.