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One of the main jobs of historians is to interpret the past by reviewing primary documents, scholarly secondary sources, and then creating an analysis of this research. After reading your text and reviewing the assigned materials, submit an analysis of the African American experience during World War I.

You might want to consider the following questions, but you are not limited to them: Did the segregation of troops in World War I help or hinder the American war effort? How did World War I affect race relations in the United States during and after the war? Were you surprised by the treatment that African American soldiers received? Why or why not? Fully explain your answers and cite all sources as necessary.

****This assignment should be at least 300 words and contain your reactions or questions about some specific issue within the historical narrative which you find compelling. For full credit, your paper must not simply sum up the reading or repeat points made there. Rather, I’m looking for you to create your own interpretation, explain the emotional content of the piece, or discuss some original insight. Include citations as needed.

*****Your short essay should include references to the textbook, as well as the articles included in the Lesson. If you choose to reference the material directly (quote them) be sure to include the source and page number. Your essay should be at minimum 300 words, typed.

Textbook:

America, A Narrative History,

10^th
edition, by David Emory Shi – Ch 21-22

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Primary Document: Returning Soldiers

W.E.B Du Bois, “Returning Soldiers,” The Crisis, XVIII (May, 1919), p. 13

https://glc.yale.edu/returning-soldiers

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- Make Way for Democracy! Exhibit

Make Way for Democracy!Portrays the lives of African Americans during the war through a series of rare images, documents and objects. In an era of federal segregation, the national call as “champions of the rights of mankind” rang hollow. Many African Americans saw the war as an opportunity to redefine their U.S. citizenship and improve social, political and economic conditions. Created in partnership with the Google Cultural Institute.

https://www.theworldwar.org/explore/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/make-way-democracy

historians-overview-african-americans-in-wwi-n3sffeke.pdf article-1-trenches-ncomnxmb.pdf

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African American took the world war I as an opportunity to get recognized in the country and gain the full citizenship just like the white American. When the world war I initiated in Europe, America was reluctant to participate in it. Both American and African American considered it pointless to participate in the war but under the pressure of alliance and major loss of lives of European people by the hand of German pushed the America to undergo World War I. with the announcement of the President Wilson about the democracy, African American considered it a chance to demand equality (Williams).
Did it work by joining the force to attain equality? It was the big and scary question. there was craving for justice and equality but the suppression from the south America is that much prominent that melody of patriotism was overshadowed (Shi and Tindall, 938). Some of the prominent events has shown the remarkable change in the course of history of African American.

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