ARTICLE The “New Negro”: A Study of the Changing Social, Economic and Political Status of the African-American in the

The years of the First World War, and those immediately after, proved to be extremely important regarding the position, of the African-American. As one historian points out, ‘Blacks found themselves fighting abroad and working at home to “save democracy”.’1 Almost 400,000 African-Americans served in the armed forces, with over a half of thes