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Author:

Mjagkij, Nina, 1961-

Title:

Loyalty in the time of trial : the African American experience in World War I / Nina Mjagkij.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield PublishersInc.,

Copyright Date:

©2010

Description:

23, 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1914-1918--Participation, African American.
United States.--Army--History--History--20th century.
African American soldiers--History--20th century.
African Americans--Social conditions--20th century.
Racism--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Race relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

The land of Jim Crow : African Americans at the eve of World War I -- From field to factory : the wartime migration of African Americans -- Fighting to fight : the struggle for Black officers and combat soldiers -- Raising a Jim Crow army : the mobilization and training of African American Troops -- Over there : African American soldiers in France -- Closing ranks? African Americans on the home front -- Epilogue : returning to racism.

ISBN:

0742570452 (electronic)
9780742570450 (electronic)
0742570436 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780742570436 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2010047942

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)