Sidelights on Negro Soldiers-Charles Williams HC 1923 WWI SIGNED Black Americana

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

Sidelights on Negro Soldiers-Charles Williams HC 1923 WWI SIGNED Black Americana:
$425.00

An outstanding signed, limited edition of Sidelights on Negro Soldiers by Charles Williams, published by B. J. Brimmer Co. in 1923, 248 pages, with an Introduction by Benjamin Brawley. The author was a special investigator of conditions among Negro soldiers in World War I. "It is the purpose of this book to tell something of the achievement of the Negro soldier in the World War and to describe the conditions under which he lived as these were seen by the writer, who for eighteen months investigated conditions in American France under the auspices of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America and of the Phelps-Stokes Fund, with the recommendation of the Secretary of War and the Adjutant General of the United States Army. Most of the information was secured by visits to the soldiers in the camps, by interviews with thousand of them, and by personal investigation in the communities adjacent to the camps, as well as by the study of records and documents. Camp commanders, officers in charge of Negro troops, representatives of all the welfare organizations, city officials, and both Negro and white civilizations, city officials, and both Negro and white civilians were consulted in the effort to secure the facts concerning the fighting record, the work, the conduct, and the treatment of Negro soldiers in the course of the war." Gift inscription and gift letter laid in. Some page edges are ragged, and there are several small stains, but the book is otherwise in very good, clean and intact condition. Not ex library.

Track Page Views With
Auctiva\'s FREE Counter