Torchbearers Of Democracy
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Torchbearers Of Democracy
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Author : Chad Louis Williams
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2010
Torchbearers Of Democracy written by Chad Louis Williams and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Social Science categories.
"In this important, sophisticated, and original study, Chad Williams establishes the centrality of black soldiers and veterans to the struggles against racial inequality during World War I as no other book does. Torchbearers of Democracy sensitively examines the fraught connections between citizenship, obligation, and race while highlighting the diversity of black soldiers' experiences in fighting on behalf of a democracy that denied them rights and dignity. This is a major contribution to political, military, and civil rights history."--Eric Arnesen, George Washington University.
Torchbearers Of Democracy
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Author : Chad L. Williams
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2010-09-20
Torchbearers Of Democracy written by Chad L. Williams and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-20 with Social Science categories.
For the 380,000 African American soldiers who fought in World War I, Woodrow Wilson's charge to make the world "safe for democracy" carried life-or-death meaning. Chad L. Williams reveals the central role of African American soldiers in the global conflict and how they, along with race activists and ordinary citizens, committed to fighting for democracy at home and beyond. Using a diverse range of sources, Torchbearers of Democracy reclaims the legacy of African American soldiers and veterans and connects their history to issues such as the obligations of citizenship, combat and labor, diaspora and internationalism, homecoming and racial violence, "New Negro" militancy, and African American memories of the war.
African American War Heroes
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Author : James B. Martin
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2014-05-12
African American War Heroes written by James B. Martin and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-12 with History categories.
Detailed profiles bring stories of African American heroism in the U.S. armed forces to life, from the American Revolution through the conflict in Afghanistan. African American war heroes remain largely unsung, their courage and valor relegated to the less traveled corners of history. This work seeks out those heroes—soldiers, sailors, flyers, and marines—who earned their nation's highest medals in defense of freedom and equality. Some of these men and women died on the battlefield. Others returned to civilian life in a segregated country. What they share across time and circumstance is devotion to duty and to the country they defended, even in the face of personal and racial prejudice. Entries profile decorated African Americans from all of the U.S. conflicts since the Revolutionary War. In addition to providing basic biographical data, each profile offers a detailed account of the individual's heroic actions. The book also offers sidebars on events and topics relevant to African Americans in the U.S. armed forces, such as histories of the 54th Massachusetts and the Tuskegee Airmen.
Duty Beyond The Battlefield
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Author : Le'Trice D. Donaldson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Duty Beyond The Battlefield written by Le'Trice D. Donaldson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with African American soldiers categories.
"The book demonstrates how African American soldiers used military service as a tool to challenge white notions of second-class citizenry"--
African American History In New Mexico
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Author : Bruce A. Glasrud
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 2013-02-15
African American History In New Mexico written by Bruce A. Glasrud and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-15 with History categories.
Although their total numbers in New Mexico were never large, blacks arrived with Spanish explorers and settlers and played active roles in the history of the territory and state. Here, Bruce Glasrud assembles the best information available on the themes, events, and personages of black New Mexico history. The contributors portray the blacks who accompanied Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado and de Vargas and recount their interactions with Native Americans in colonial New Mexico. Chapters on the territorial period examine black trappers and traders as well as review the issue of slavery in the territory and the blacks who accompanied Confederate troops and fought in the Union army during the Civil War in New Mexico. Eventually blacks worked on farms and ranches, in mines, and on railroads as well as in the military, seeking freedom and opportunity in New Mexico’s wide open spaces. A number of black towns were established in rural areas. Lacking political power because they represented such a small percentage of New Mexico’s population, blacks relied largely on their own resources and networks, particularly churches and schools.
Charleston Syllabus
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Author : Chad Williams
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2016-05-01
Charleston Syllabus written by Chad Williams and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-01 with Political Science categories.
On June 17, 2015, a white supremacist entered Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, and sat with some of its parishioners during a Wednesday night Bible study session. An hour later, he began expressing his hatred for African Americans, and soon after, he shot nine church members dead, the church’s pastor and South Carolina state senator, Rev. Clementa C. Pinckney, among them. The ensuing manhunt for the shooter and investigation of his motives revealed his beliefs in white supremacy and reopened debates about racial conflict, southern identity,systemic racism, civil rights, and the African American church as an institution. In the aftermath of the massacre, Professors Chad Williams, Kidada Williams, and Keisha N. Blain sought a way to put the murder—and the subsequent debates about it in the media—in the context of America’s tumultuous history of race relations and racial violence on a global scale. They created the Charleston Syllabus on June 19, starting it as a hashtag on Twitter linking to scholarly works on the myriad of issues related to the murder. The syllabus’s popularity exploded and is already being used as a key resource in discussions of the event. Charleston Syllabus is a reader—a collection of new essays and columns published in the wake of the massacre, along with selected excerpts from key existing scholarly books and general-interest articles. The collection draws from a variety of disciplines—history, sociology, urban studies, law, critical race theory—and includes a selected and annotated bibliography for further reading, drawing from such texts as the Confederate constitution, South Carolina’s secession declaration, songs, poetry, slave narratives, and literacy texts. As timely as it is necessary, the book will be a valuable resource for understanding the roots of American systemic racism, white privilege, the uses and abuses of the Confederate flag and its ideals, the black church as a foundation for civil rights activity and state violence against such activity, and critical whiteness studies.
American Heroes Of The 20th Century
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Author : Harold Faber
language : en
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 1967
American Heroes Of The 20th Century written by Harold Faber and has been published by Random House Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with United States categories.
Biographies of twenty Americans whose contributions to the modern world range from polar exploration and civil rights to war correspondence and photography.
Travel Humanitarianism And Becoming American In Africa
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Author : K. Mathers
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2011-01-19
Travel Humanitarianism And Becoming American In Africa written by K. Mathers and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-19 with Social Science categories.
Travel, Humanitarianism, and Becoming American in Africa uses observations of American travelers to southern Africa to ask: why is Africa so important to Americans? These travel stories show how encounters with Africans lead to a problematic desire to save Africa. Kathryn Mathers argues that this is then seen as a way to resolve the tensions between aspirations for a globally responsible America and the current reality of its geopolitical role. This book draws fascinating new conclusions about the connections and disconnections on which contemporary American identity is formed.
Black Tommies
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Author : Ray Costello
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2015-12-04
Black Tommies written by Ray Costello and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-04 with History categories.
Offers an overview of the role played by Black British soldiers in the First World War.
The Product Of Our Souls
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Author : David Gilbert
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2015-05-18
The Product Of Our Souls written by David Gilbert and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-18 with Social Science categories.
In 1912 James Reese Europe made history by conducting his 125-member Clef Club Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. The first concert by an African American ensemble at the esteemed venue was more than just a concert--it was a political act of desegregation, a defiant challenge to the status quo in American music. In this book, David Gilbert explores how Europe and other African American performers, at the height of Jim Crow, transformed their racial difference into the mass-market commodity known as "black music." Gilbert shows how Europe and others used the rhythmic sounds of ragtime, blues, and jazz to construct new representations of black identity, challenging many of the nation's preconceived ideas about race, culture, and modernity and setting off a musical craze in the process. Gilbert sheds new light on the little-known era of African American music and culture between the heyday of minstrelsy and the Harlem Renaissance. He demonstrates how black performers played a pioneering role in establishing New York City as the center of American popular music, from Tin Pan Alley to Broadway, and shows how African Americans shaped American mass culture in their own image.