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Author:

Moore, Shannon Baker, author.

Title:

Harlem Hellfighters / by Shannon Baker Moore ; content consultant, Justin Quinn Olmstead, PHD, Assistant Professor of History, University of Central Oklahoma.

Publisher:

Essential Libraryan imprint of Abdo Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

112 pages : illustrations, color map ; 22 x 25 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Infantry Regiment, 369th--Infantry Regiment, 369th--Juvenile literature.
United States.--Army--History--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
United States.--Infantry Regiment, 369th.--Infantry Regiment, 369th.
United States.--Army--African American troops.
United States.--Army.
United States.--Infantry Regiment, 369th.--Infantry Regiment, 369th.
World War (1914-1918)
1900-1999
World War, 1914-1918--Participation, African American--Juvenile literature.
African American soldiers--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
African American soldiers--Europe--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1914-1918--Participation, African American.
African American soldiers--History.
African American soldiers.
Armed Forces--African American troops.
Military participation--African American.
World War, 1914-1918.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Biography.
Europe
History.
Juvenile works.
1150L.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-109) and index.

Contents:

Battling Black Death -- The fight for freedom -- Fighting for equality on the home front -- Recruiting the Fighting Fifteenth -- War in Europe and war at home -- The Fighting Fifteenth in France -- At the front -- The boys come home -- Aftermath of biracial warfare -- Timeline -- Essential facts -- Glossary.

Summary:

Introduces the Harlem Hellfighters, discussing how the regiment formed, racial tensions they faced in the Army and at home, and their time at the front.

Series:

Essential library of World War I

ISBN:

1624039227
9781624039225

OCLC:

(OCoLC)921034121

LCCN:

2015945637

Locations:

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)