Loyalty in Time of Trial
eBook - ePub

Loyalty in Time of Trial

The African American Experience During World War I

  1. 250 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Loyalty in Time of Trial

The African American Experience During World War I

About this book

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." Prior to World War I, most African Americans did not challenge the racial status quo. But nearly 370,000 black soldiers served in the military during the war, and some 400,000 black civilians migrated from the rural South to the urban North for defense jobs. Following the war, emboldened by their military service and their support of the war on the home front, African Americans were determined to fight for equality. These two factors forced America to confront the impact of segregation and racism.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Chronology
  9. Introduction
  10. Chapter 1 The Land of Jim Crow: African Americans on the Eve of World War I
  11. Chapter 2 From Field to Factory: The Wartime Migration of African Americans
  12. Chapter 3 Fighting to Fight: The Struggle for Black Officers and Combat Soldiers
  13. Chapter 4 Raising a Jim Crow Army: The Mobilization and Training of African American Troops
  14. Chapter 5 Over There: African American Soldiers in France
  15. Chapter 6 Closing Ranks? African Americans on the Home Front
  16. Epilogue Returning to Racism
  17. Appendix Documents
  18. Notes
  19. Bibliographic Essay
  20. Index
  21. About the Author