Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era Red Cross account of each stage of

account of each stage of the Somme battles

by Mark Levitch

for those who cherish the mythical story of the AIF

sympathetic study of the battle and the men who fought there

a love song for his family

Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era Red Cross account of each stage ofDescription by Chad L. Williams Paperback On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson thrust the United States into World War I by declaring, "The world must be made safe for democracy." For the 380,000 African American soldiers who fought and labored in the global conflict, these words carried life or death meaning. Relating stories bridging the war and postwar years, spanning the streets of Chicago and the streets of Harlem, from the battlefields of the