They Left Great Marks on Me: African American Testimonies of Racial Violence from Emancipation to World War I 0814795366, 9780814795361

They Left Great Marks on Me: African American Testimonies of Racial Violence from Emancipation to World War I 9780814784860

Shares wrenching accounts of the everyday violence experienced by emancipated African Americans Well after slavery was

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They Left Great Marks on Me: African American Testimonies of Racial Violence from Emancipation to World War I 9780814795354, 2011039379

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American Labor and Economic Citizenship: New Capitalism from World War I to the Great Depression 9781107028609, 1107028604

Once viewed as a distinct era characterized by intense bigotry, nostalgia for simpler times, and a revulsion against act

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Staging Faith: Religion and African American Theater from the Harlem Renaissance to World War II 9780814708408

In the years between the Harlem Renaissance and World War II, African American playwrights gave birth to a vital black t

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America's Great War: World War I and the American Experience 0742599256, 9780742599253

Much has been written on World War I, but few books focus solely on America's involvement in the war as successfull

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Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era 0807833940, 9780807833940

"In a manner that no previous author has achieved, Chad Williams vividly captures the turbulent times and sentiment

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American Veterans on War: Personal Stories from World War II to Afghanistan 1566568676, 9781566568678

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Kentucky and the Great War : World War I on the Home Front 9780813168029, 9780813168012

From five thousand children marching in a parade, singing, "Johnnie get your hoe.... Mary dig your row," to co

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World of War: A History of American Warfare from Jamestown to the War on Terror 0811773787, 9780811773782

World of War is an epic journey through America's array of wars for diverse reasons with diverse results over the c

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Freedom Struggles: African Americans and World War I 9780674054189

For many of the 200,000 black soldiers sent to Europe with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, encounters

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