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We Return Fighting

World War I and the Shaping of Modern Black Identity

World War I and the Shaping of Modern Black Identity

By Nat’l Mus Afr Am Hist Culture
Introduction by Lonnie G. Bunch III
Edited by Kinshasha Holman Conwill
Contribution by John H, Morrow Jr. and Krewasky A. Salter

By Nat’l Mus Afr Am Hist Culture
Introduction by Lonnie G. Bunch III
Edited by Kinshasha Holman Conwill
Contribution by John H, Morrow Jr. and Krewasky A. Salter

By Nat’l Mus Afr Am Hist Culture
Introduction by Lonnie G. Bunch III
Edited by Kinshasha Holman Conwill
Contribution by John H, Morrow Jr. and Krewasky A. Salter

By Nat’l Mus Afr Am Hist Culture
Introduction by Lonnie G. Bunch III
Edited by Kinshasha Holman Conwill
Contribution by John H, Morrow Jr. and Krewasky A. Salter

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    About We Return Fighting

    A richly illustrated commemoration of African Americans’ roles in World War I highlighting how the wartime experience reshaped their lives and their communities after they returned home.

    This stunning book presents artifacts, medals, and photographs alongside powerful essays that together highlight the efforts of African Americans during World War I. As in many previous wars, black soldiers served the United States during the war, but they were assigned to segregated units and often relegated to labor and support duties rather than direct combat. Indeed this was the central paradox of the war: these men and women fought abroad to secure rights they did not yet have at home in the States. Black veterans’ work during the conflict–and the respect they received from French allies but not their own US military–empowered them to return home and continue the fight for those rights. The book also presents the work of black citizens on the home front. Together their efforts laid the groundwork for later advances in the civil rights movement.

    We Return Fighting reminds readers not only of the central role of African American soldiers in the war that first made their country a world power. It also reveals the way the conflict shaped African American identity and lent fuel to their longstanding efforts to demand full civil rights and to stake their place in the country’s cultural and political landscape.

    About We Return Fighting

    A richly illustrated commemoration of African Americans’ roles in World War I highlighting how the wartime experience reshaped their lives and their communities after they returned home.

    This stunning book presents artifacts, medals, and photographs alongside powerful essays that together highlight the efforts of African Americans during World War I. As in many previous wars, black soldiers served the United States during the war, but they were assigned to segregated units and often relegated to labor and support duties rather than direct combat. Indeed this was the central paradox of the war: these men and women fought abroad to secure rights they did not yet have at home in the States. Black veterans’ work during the conflict–and the respect they received from French allies but not their own US military–empowered them to return home and continue the fight for those rights. The book also presents the work of black citizens on the home front. Together their efforts laid the groundwork for later advances in the civil rights movement.

    We Return Fighting reminds readers not only of the central role of African American soldiers in the war that first made their country a world power. It also reveals the way the conflict shaped African American identity and lent fuel to their longstanding efforts to demand full civil rights and to stake their place in the country’s cultural and political landscape.

    Product Details

    Category: World War I Military History | Art

    Hardcover | $19.95
    Published by Smithsonian Books
    Nov 05, 2019 | 160 Pages | 8 x 10 | ISBN 9781588346728

    Category: World War I Military History | Art

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Smithsonian Books
    Nov 05, 2019 | 144 Pages | 8 x 10 | ISBN 9781588346797

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    Starred Review. “Using photographs, images of objects, and medals, the National Museum of African American History and Culture has created a rich compilation of visual sources to present an extremely important segment of American history that needs to be preserved. An essential purchase.”
    –Susan Catlett, Green Run High School, VA

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