Loyalty in Time of Trial The African American Experience During World War I |
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| Author:
| Mjagkij, Nina |
| Series edited by:
| Mjagkij, Nina
Moore, Jacqueline M. |
| Series title: | The African American Experience Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7425-7044-3 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2014 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $36.00 |
Book Description:
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Nearly 370,000 black soldiers served in the military during World War I, and some 400,000 black civilians migrated from the rural South to the urban North for defense jobs. 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."
Nearly 370,000 black soldiers served in the military during World War I, and some 400,000 black civilians migrated from the rural South to the urban North for defense jobs. 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."