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Book Synopsis Harlem’s Hell Fighters by : Stephen L. Harris
Download or read book Harlem’s Hell Fighters written by Stephen L. Harris and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2003-06-30 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the United States entered World War I in 1917, thousands of African-American men volunteered to fight for a country that granted them only limited civil rights. Many from New York City joined the 15th N.Y. Infantry, a National Guard regiment later designated the 369th U.S. Infantry. Led by mostly inexperienced white and black officers, these men not only received little instruction at their training camp in South Carolina but were frequent victims of racial harassment from both civilians and their white comrades. Once in France, they initially served as laborers, all while chafing to prove their worth as American soldiers. Then they got their chance. The 369th became one of the few U.S. units that American commanding general John J. Pershing agreed to let serve under French command. Donning French uniforms and taking up French rifles, the men of the 369th fought valiantly alongside French Moroccans and held one of the widest sectors on the Western Front. The entire regiment was awarded the Croix de Guerre, the French government s highest military honor. Stephen L. Harris s accounts of the valor of a number of individual soldiers make for exciting reading, especially that of Henry Johnson, who defended himself against an entire German squad with a large knife. After reading this book, you will know why the Germans feared the black men of the 369th and why the French called them hell fighters. "
Book Synopsis The Harlem Hellfighters by : Walter Dean Myers
Download or read book The Harlem Hellfighters written by Walter Dean Myers and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We cannot let this history die, nor can we let it fade away. As it has filled me with pride and given me understanding of one group of outstanding soldiers, so it should be passed on to all Americans to appreciate and honor" (from the introduction by coauthor and unit historian Bill Miles) The Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage is a portrait of bravery and honor. With compelling narrative and never-before-published photographs, this 160-page highly illustrated narrative nonfiction book introduces the unsung American heroes of the 369th Infantry Regiment, the Harlem Hellfighters. A good choice for book reports and other research by middle grade students—as well as for parents and teachers to share with young people interested in World War II and African American history. At a time of widespread bigotry and racism, the African American soldiers of the 369th Infantry Regiment put their lives on the line in the name of democracy. Bill Miles wrote: "The 369th was not only an outstanding military unit; it also represented a part of the history of my Harlem community and, as such, part of my history as well. As I learned the story of the regiment—how it was first formed, its glorious record in World War I—I knew I was discovering a hidden history of African American accomplishments." He continued: "As unit historian I recognize that the documentation of the 369th is as vital to understanding the African American experience as any story about slavery or the civil rights movement. For in the story of the 369th—in the trenches of France, in the battles of Meuse-Argonne, and at the bloody siege of Sechault—we have African Americans defining their own characters with courage and determination, writing their own history in sweat and blood."
Book Synopsis Harlem Hellfighters by : Julia Garstecki
Download or read book Harlem Hellfighters written by Julia Garstecki and published by Black Rabbit Books. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With primary source photos, infographics, timelines, charts, and strongly controlled leveled text, this title describes the heroic efforts of the African American soldiers known as the Harlem Hellfighters who served in the 369th Infantry during World War I. Continue diversity discussions and open readers eyes with this six-book series. African Americans, American Indians, and other groups committed heroic acts to protect their country. But they did so while overcoming violent discrimination. Perfect for use with cause and effect discussions and meeting NCSS standards. With primary source photos and infographics, the All-American Fighting Forces hi/lo books are almost as strong as the men and women they're about.
Book Synopsis A More Unbending Battle: The Harlem Hellfighters' Struggle for Freedom in Wwi and Equality at Home by : Peter N. Nelson
Download or read book A More Unbending Battle: The Harlem Hellfighters' Struggle for Freedom in Wwi and Equality at Home written by Peter N. Nelson and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 369th Infantry Regiment was the first African American regiment mustered to fight in World War I. In a war where the vast majority of black soldiers served in the Service of Supply, unloading ships and building roads and railroads, the men of the 369th trained and fought side by side with the French at the front and ultimately spent more days in the trenches than any other American unit. They went toward in defense of a country afflicted by segregation, Jim Crow laws, lyn chings, and racial violence, but a country they believed in all the same. In A More Unbending Battle, journalist and author Peter Nelson chronicles the little-known story of the 369th. Recruited from all walks of Harlem life, the regiment fought alongside the French, since they were prohibited by Americas segregation policy from working together with white U.S. soldiers. Despite extraordinary odds, the 369th became one of the most successful and fear edregiments of the war. The Harlem Hell fighters, as their enemies named them, showed Extra ordinary valor on the battlefield, with many soldiers winning the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honor, and were the first Allied unit to reach the Rhine River. A riveting depiction of both social triumph and battlefield heroism, A More Unbending Battle is the thrilling story of the dauntless Harlem Hell fighters.
Book Synopsis Harlem Hellfighters by : Shannon Baker Moore
Download or read book Harlem Hellfighters written by Shannon Baker Moore and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title examines the black troops of World War I and the way their contributions shaped their perceptions back home in the United States. Compelling narrative text and well-chosen historical photographs and primary sources make this book perfect for report writing. Features include a glossary, a selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Author :Emmett J. Scott Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781541230811 Total Pages :28 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (38 download)
Book Synopsis The True Story of the Harlem Hellfighters in World War I by : Emmett J. Scott
Download or read book The True Story of the Harlem Hellfighters in World War I written by Emmett J. Scott and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1919 in the author's larger "The American Negro in the World War," this paperback edition tells the true story of the tough "Harlem Hellfighters," the all-black regiment (369th Infantry Regiment) of the U.S. Army that served with the French against the Germans in World War I-the only regiment that "never lost a man captured, a trench, or a foot of ground."
Book Synopsis Harlem in Montmartre by : William A. Shack
Download or read book Harlem in Montmartre written by William A. Shack and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-09-04 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illuminates the expatriate African American community of jazz musicians that thrived in the Montmartre district of Paris in the '20s and '30s and helped turn the "city of lights" into the major jazz capital it remains today.
Book Synopsis Lost Battalions by : Richard Slotkin
Download or read book Lost Battalions written by Richard Slotkin and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2013-12-24 with total page 863 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A work of stunning density and penetrating analysis . . . Lost Battalions deploys a narrative symmetry of gratifying complexity."—David Levering Lewis, The Nation During the bloodiest days of World War I, no soldiers served more valiantly than the African American troops of the 369th Infantry—the fabled Harlem Hellfighters—and the legendary 77th "lost battalion" composed of New York City immigrants. Though these men had lived up to their side of the bargain as loyal American soldiers, the country to which they returned solidified laws and patterns of social behavior that had stigmatized them as second-class citizens. Richard Slotkin takes the pulse of a nation struggling with social inequality during a decisive historical moment, juxtaposing social commentary with battle scenes that display the bravery and solidarity of these men. Enduring grueling maneuvers, and the loss of so many of their brethren, the soldiers in the lost battalions were forever bound by their wartime experience. Both a riveting combat narrative and a brilliant social history, Lost Battalions delivers a richly detailed account of the fierce fight for equality in the shadow of a foreign war.
Download or read book A Life in Ragtime written by Reid Badger and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1995-01-12 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Reese Europe is one of the important transitional figures in American music. As a composer at the height of ragtime, he had a strong influence on the first generation of jazz musicians who were to follow. Europe's life reveals much about the role of black musicians in American culture in a period when it was presumed they had little place.
Book Synopsis Hell Fighters by : Michael L. Cooper
Download or read book Hell Fighters written by Michael L. Cooper and published by Dutton Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the experiences of African Americans who joined the military during World War I and their fights against both the Germans and racism.
Book Synopsis Standing at the Scratch Line by : Guy Johnson
Download or read book Standing at the Scratch Line written by Guy Johnson and published by Villard. This book was released on 2001-06-12 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raised in the steamy bayous of New Orleans in the early 1900s, LeRoi "King" Tremain, caught up in his family's ongoing feud with the rival DuMont family, learns to fight. But when the teenage King mistakenly kills two white deputies during a botched raid on the DuMonts, the Tremains' fear of reprisal forces King to flee Louisiana. King thus embarks on an adventure that first takes him to France, where he fights in World War I as a member of the segregated 369th Battalion—in the bigoted army he finds himself locked in combat with American soldiers as well as with Germans. When he returns to America, he battles the Mob in Jazz Age Harlem, the KKK in Louisiana, and crooked politicians trying to destroy a black township in Oklahoma. King Tremain is driven by two principal forces: He wants to be treated with respect, and he wants to create a family dynasty much like the one he left behind in Louisiana. This is a stunning debut by novelist Guy Johnson that provides a true depiction of the lives of African-Americans in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Book Synopsis Torchbearers of Democracy by : Chad L. Williams
Download or read book Torchbearers of Democracy written by Chad L. Williams and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2010-09-20 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Buffalo Soldiers by : Julia Garstecki
Download or read book Buffalo Soldiers written by Julia Garstecki and published by Bolt!. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many used to believe that non-white people weren't smart enough to be soldiers. Others thought women weren't tough enough to fly planes. But those people were wrong. Learn how African Americans, American Indians, and other groups bravely fought for their country. And they did it when no one believed they could. Book jacket.
Download or read book Harlem Unbound written by Chris Spivey and published by Chaosium Incorporated. This book was released on 2020-04-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sourcebook and scenarios for 7th edition Call of Cthulhu
Book Synopsis Go for Broke Regiment by : Julia Garstecki
Download or read book Go for Broke Regiment written by Julia Garstecki and published by Bolt!. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many used to believe that non-white people weren't smart enough to be soldiers. Others thought women weren't tough enough to fly planes. But those people were wrong. Learn how African Americans, American Indians, and other groups bravely fought for their country. And they did it when no one believed they could. Book jacket.
Book Synopsis The Unknown Soldiers by : Arthur E. Barbeau
Download or read book The Unknown Soldiers written by Arthur E. Barbeau and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1996-03-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War I 370,000 African Americans labored, fought, and died to make the world safe for a democracy that refused them equal citizenship at home. The irony was made more bitter as black troops struggled with the racist policies of the American military itself. The overwhelming majority were assigned to labor companies; those selected for combat were under-trained, poorly equipped, ad commanded by white officers who insisted on black inferiority. Still, African Americans performed admirably under fire: the 369th Infantry regiment was in continuous combat loner than any other American unit, and was the first Allied regiment to cross the Rhine in the offensive against Germany.The Unknown Soldiers, the only full-scale examination of the subject, chronicles the rigid segregation; the limited opportunities for advancement; the inadequate training, food, medical attention, housing, and clothing; the verbal harassment and physical abuse, including lynchings; the ingratitude, unemployment, and unprecedented racial violence that greeted their return. The Unknown Soldiers is an unforgettable, searing study of those wartime experiences that forced African Americans to realize that equality and justice could never be earned in Jim Crow America, but only wrested from its strangling grip.
Book Synopsis The Great War and the Culture of the New Negro by : Mark Whalan
Download or read book The Great War and the Culture of the New Negro written by Mark Whalan and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the legacy of the Great War on African American culture, this book considers the work of such canonical writers as W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Nella Larsen and Alain Locke. It also considers the legacy of the war for African Americans as represented in film, photography and anthropology.
