Record #:

28988

Author(s):

Bandel, Jessica A.; Hensley, Victoria

Abstract:

More than 20,000 black North Carolinians were called to fight for “democracy” in World War I while being denied equal rights back home. The soldiers faced discrimination at home and in the military. Stories of their service and how they were treated within the Army, by the British soldiers, and by the French soldiers are told.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 56 Issue 2, Spring 2017, p32-33

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--World War, 1914-1918; North Carolina--History--World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects