Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era Red Cross from all social and economic

from all social and economic strata

her army was faced with the Axis invasion

’ The Sunday Times pinpointed its dual attraction: it was both ‘a mystery as exciting as a good detective story and an extraordinarily vivid account of trench-warfare’

account of each stage of the Somme battles

for those who cherish the mythical story of the AIF

Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era Red Cross from all social and economicDescription by Chad L. Williams Paperback On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson thrust the United States into World War I by declaring, "The world must be made safe for democracy." For the 380,000 African American soldiers who fought and labored in the global conflict, these words carried life or death meaning. Relating stories bridging the war and postwar years, spanning the streets of Chicago and the streets of Harlem, from the battlefields of the