CSPAN2 The Great War And The Culture Of The New Negro June 4, 2017
For literature in world war i in the united states. One of the real gaps in that story was the literature to which have been produced by an africanamerican writers. I was really drawn to that figure will kind of stores africanamericans were telling about the great war, africanamerican writers thought about its impact for Race Relations in america and for the long history of African American culture and identity. So africanamericans were caught up in americas entry into world war i just as all americans were. And africanamericans volunteered. They bought liberty bonds. They volunteered to serve...