African_American_Soldiers_(USA) XX BOOKMOBI ! ' . 7 @ I R{ [$ c l u~ |( } ~P D h MOBI p-h P EXTH e International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel, Peter Gatrell, Oliver Janz, Heather Jones, Jennifer Keene, Alan Kramer, and Bill Nasson, issued by Freie Universität Berlin m pThis text is licensed under: CC by-NC-ND 3.0 Germany - Attribution, Non-commercial, No Derivative Works. g OThe beginning of the First World War signaled a rise in tensions within the United States over the meaning of democracy and the role of the democratic nation-state in the defense of both the human and civil rights of African Americans. The question of how a country that based its very existence on freedom, liberty and justice could defend its systematic and legal abuse of 12 million of its own citizens, while at the same time claiming to defend the free world against German imperialism, became a central issue in the decision of African Americans to support the national effort. en en d Pellom McDaniels III 'African American Soldiers (USA) l 2calibre (2.5.0) [http://calibre-ebook.com] i 9International Encyclopedia of the First World War i 1914-1918-Online i First World War i WW1 i 'African American Soldiers (USA) q ,a8ab599a-d495-4d71-b53f-95771a8a3f04 p 4calibre:a8ab599a-d495-4d71-b53f-95771a8a3f04 EBOK j !2014-10-08T00:00:00+00:00 t African American Soldiers (USA)