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This category is for African American civilians and soldiers during the World War I, as well as for battles and events that featured or significantly impacted African Americans, black regiments and military organizations, and similar articles.
Henry Johnson biographical cartoon by Charles Alston, 1943.. Henry Johnson enlisted in the United States Armed Forces on June 5, 1917 as a 5-foot-4-inch young man. This was almost two months after the American entry into World War I, joining the all-black New York National Guard 15th Infantry Regiment, which, when mustered into Federal service, was redesignated as the 369th Infantry Regiment ...
Bullard arrived at Aberdeen, Scotland and made his way first to Glasgow and then London where he boxed and performed slapstick in the Freedman Pickaninnies, an African-American troupe. [12] While in London, he trained under the then-famous boxer Dixie Kid who arranged for him to fight in Paris. As a result of that visit to Paris, he decided to ...
[6] [7] He was one of many African-American servicemen of the time who were subjected to violence for continuing to wear their uniforms after being discharged from the military. [8] Little was killed by Blakely residents, but the details of his death are uncertain. One source says he was hanged and burned. [9] Another states he was beaten to ...
Freddie Stowers (January 12, 1896 – September 28, 1918) was an African-American corporal in the United States Army who was killed in action during World War I while serving in an American unit under 157th Infantry Division of the French Army, called the "Red Hand Division".
Her pioneering role was an inspiration to early pilots and to the African-American and Native American communities. Early life Coleman [ 13 ] was born on January 26, 1892, in Atlanta , Texas , [ 10 ] the tenth of 13 children of George Coleman, an African American who may have had Cherokee or Choctaw grandparents, and Susan Coleman, who was ...
South African military personnel of World War I (3 C, 48 P) Pages in category "Military personnel of World War I" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
George Edwin Taylor was born free in Little Rock, Arkansas on August 4, 1857, because his mother Amanda Hines was a free woman of color. His father was Nathan Taylor, an enslaved African American. The precise statuses of Hines and Taylor are unknown.