Color guard of Negro engineers, Ft. Belvoir(?), [Va.]

[between 1941 and 1945]

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsac.1a35472/

Over There, Over There! | 1917 by Black History Album on Flickr.

Black infantry troops, U.S. Army, World War I, 1917.

More than 350,000 African Americans served in segregated units during World War I, mostly as support troops. Several units, however, did see action alongside French soldiers fighting against the Germans, and 171 African Americans were awarded the French Legion of Honor.

In response to protests of discrimination and mistreatment from the black community, several hundred African American men received officers’ training in Des Moines, Iowa. By October 1917, over six hundred African Americans were commissioned as captains and first and second lieutenants.

The title “Over There, Over There” references the lyrics to America’s best-known World War One song, Over There, written by George M. Cohan in 1917.It proved a nationwide hit in the months immediately following America’s enthusiastic entry into the war.

vintageblack2:

Wearing authentic U.S. Army uniforms depicting service of black soldiers from Revolutionary War to Vietnam, are (clockwise from top) SFC Joe M. Taylor, Revolutionary War; M/Sgt. Army A. Brown, War of 1812; S/Sgt. Steven J. Shepherd, WWI; S/Sgt. Walter C. Cleveland, WWII ; S/Sgt. Alexander C, DuBose, Vietnam; SFC George F. Stuart, Korean War; SFC Thomas J. Evans, Spanish War; S/Sgt. Joe L. Jones, Civil War. Soldiers pictured have a total of 127 years in Army.

         (Source: Ebony Magazine, Aug, 1968)

Over There, Over There! | 1917 by Black History Album on Flickr.

Black infantry troops, U.S. Army, World War I, 1917.

waheedpix:

A Soldier’s letter to his Grand Mother.

[Black Soldier Series]

©WaheedPhotoArchive, 2011

Depicting Service Of Black Soldiers From Revolutionary War To Vietnam In 1968

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