CSPAN3 Reel America August 1945 Universal Newsreel July 11, 2024
Migration and pan african and radical black International Movements and the new negro renaissance and of course, experiences of africanamerican soldiers and veterans and the war was a moment of profound disjuncture, trauma, and possibility. And i believe that is in seeing the war as a moment of a possibility that we can begin to truly appreciate what the war meant for africanamericans and what it can mean for us today. President Woodrow Wilson framed americas participation in the war as a crusade to make the world safe for democracy. Africanamericans seized upon this to transform the war into ...