Torchbearers of Democracy by Chad L Williams
On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson thrust the United States into World War I by declaring, ""The world must be made safe for democracy."" For the 380,000 African American soldiers who fought and labored in the global conflict, these words carried life or death meaning. Relating stories bridging the war and postwar years, spanning the streets of Chicago and the streets of Harlem, from the battlefields of the American South to the battlefields of the Western Front, Chad L. Williams reveals the central role of African American soldiers in World War I and how they, along with race activists and ordinary citizens alike, committed to fighting for democracy at home and beyond. Using a diverse range of sources, Williams connects the history of African American soldiers and veterans to issues such as the obligations of citizenship, combat and labor, diaspora and internationalism, homecoming and racial violence, ""New Negro"" militancy, and African American historical memories of the war. Democracy may have been distant from the everyday lives of African Americans at the dawn of the war, but it nevertheless remained a powerful ideal that sparked the hopes of black people throughout the country for societal change. Torchbearers of Democracy reclaims the legacy of black soldiers and establishes the World War I era as a defining moment in the history of African Americans and peoples of African descent more broadly. |Williams reveals the central role of African American soldiers in World War I and how they, along with race activists and ordinary citizens alike, committed to fighting for democracy at home and beyond. Using a diverse range of sources, Williams connects the history of African American soldiers and veterans to issues such as the obligations of citizenship, combat and labor, diaspora and internationalism, homecoming and racial violence, ""New Negro"" militancy, and African American historical memories of the war.-
Pullman Porters and the Rise of Protest Politics in Black America, 1925-1945
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Examining Tuskegee
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The Claims of Kinfolk
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Upbuilding Black Durham
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Proudly We Can Be Africans
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Root and Branch
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Joining Places
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Game of Privilege
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Blacks Against Brown
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The Trinity
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Left of the Color Line
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The Promise of Patriarchy
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North Carolina Slave Narratives
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A Little Taste of Freedom
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Making Gullah
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David Ruggles
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A Faithful Account of the Race
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Brother Outsider, Brother Insider
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Something to Do with Power
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Hubert Harrison
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Right to Ride
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From the Bullet to the Ballot
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Battling the Plantation Mentality
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The First Reconstruction
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Arise Africa, Roar China
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Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women
Chad L. Williams is associate professor of history at Hamilton College.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781469609850 |
| ISBN 10 | 1469609851 |
| Title | Torchbearers of Democracy |
| Author | Chad L Williams |
| Series | The John Hope Franklin Series In African American History And Culture |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Year published | 2013-08-30 |
| Number of pages | 472 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |