The Harlem Hellfighters of World War One
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Did African Americans Sign Up Because of Patriotism?
Many leading members of the black american community say, if we join in the war effort were patriotic and our young men go off to fight. So there is also that aspect. And when these ones er volunteers, when they signed up, did they know that they would be largely excluded from fighting, or was a debate arote? There was a lot of debate around that. One of our local soldiers here at the national world were one museum immemorial in kansas, it is to general pershing. He was a missourian. Famously, his nickname was black jack, and that comes from the fact that as a young officer, he had commanded african American soldiers during
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