Add to ORKGAfrican Americans have volunteered to participate in every war or conflict in which the United States has been engaged. This is true despite their ancestors having been slaves for 244 years of America\u27s history. From the Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War, African Americans have demanded the right to serve their country in the armed services and, in several instances, they have made the difference between victory or defeat for American troops. Throughout this history, African Americans were ever cognizant of the dual freedoms—their own personal freedom as well as the nation\u27s—for which they so bravely fought and gave their lives. They long held onto the hope that they would be granted the full rights of citizenship if they proved th...
The Frederick C. Douglass Papers, held at the Joyner Library of East Carolina University are an impo...
Learning Objectives Describe the U.S. Government’s responsibility to fallen soldiers and their fam...
The Spanish-American War, which began in 1898, coincided with a virulent campaign of racial violence...
When a man puts his life at the disposal of the nation, that man has earned the rights of a citizen....
For most of history, military service has been directly linked to citizenship and the rights that co...
African American soldiers were a central aspect of the Union Army’s effort to defeat the Confederate...
Alhtough African Americans were determined to fight for the preservation of the Union, at first thei...
The period from the end of the Civil War until the entry of the United States into World War I was a...
It gives me great pleasure to be part of the publication of this special issue on blacks in the U.S....
This paper examines African-American soldiers’ experiences abroad in Europe during the Second World ...
For many United States Colored Troops, remembering the Civil War and their comrades who fell in it b...
The continued presence of armed, uniformed black militia companies throughout the southern United St...
African Americans have fought in every U.S. war since the creation of the country, but in many insta...
This dissertation analyzes racially motivated mutinies by black military servicemen from the Civil W...
This dissertation investigates the relatively untold story of the black officers of the Seventeenth ...
The Frederick C. Douglass Papers, held at the Joyner Library of East Carolina University are an impo...
Learning Objectives Describe the U.S. Government’s responsibility to fallen soldiers and their fam...
The Spanish-American War, which began in 1898, coincided with a virulent campaign of racial violence...
When a man puts his life at the disposal of the nation, that man has earned the rights of a citizen....
For most of history, military service has been directly linked to citizenship and the rights that co...
African American soldiers were a central aspect of the Union Army’s effort to defeat the Confederate...
Alhtough African Americans were determined to fight for the preservation of the Union, at first thei...
The period from the end of the Civil War until the entry of the United States into World War I was a...
It gives me great pleasure to be part of the publication of this special issue on blacks in the U.S....
This paper examines African-American soldiers’ experiences abroad in Europe during the Second World ...
For many United States Colored Troops, remembering the Civil War and their comrades who fell in it b...
The continued presence of armed, uniformed black militia companies throughout the southern United St...
African Americans have fought in every U.S. war since the creation of the country, but in many insta...
This dissertation analyzes racially motivated mutinies by black military servicemen from the Civil W...
This dissertation investigates the relatively untold story of the black officers of the Seventeenth ...
The Frederick C. Douglass Papers, held at the Joyner Library of East Carolina University are an impo...
Learning Objectives Describe the U.S. Government’s responsibility to fallen soldiers and their fam...
The Spanish-American War, which began in 1898, coincided with a virulent campaign of racial violence...