Impact Of Ww1 On African Americans

For many centuries, African Americans have fought hard to earn the rights that they deserve. Protests, boycotts and more were organized to give them their civil rights. The First World War deeply impacts African Americans as it had them become involved in fighting for their home country and in a way made them gain some sort of respect from fellow citizens. World War I was a transformative moment in African-American history. What began as a seemingly distant European conflict soon became an event with revolutionary implications for the social, economic, and political future of black people. African Americans finally felt involved in their country. The war included many acts of violence caused by racism. During this war, African

When the United States declared war against Germany in April of 1917, War Department planners quickly realized that the standing Army of 126,000 men would not be enough to ensure victory overseas. However, several African Americans eagerly offered to join the force following America's entry into World War I. By 1918, over 350,000 African Americans had been serving with the American Force. Although African Americans did not really seem “involved” they still has a huge impact on America’s war. Blacks were limited to different positions and were not allowed in some combats, such as the Marines. Yet, they had the chance of becoming leaders of their own race and did a better job at it. As the 92d Division struggled to clear its reputation, the 93d Division had a much more successful experience. Commanded by BG Roy Hoffman, the 93d Division was also organized in December

The 93d was said to have not had any sort of “consistency” or “composition” in its experience. The 93d also required its occupied number of combat units and consequently never achieved it’s “full divisional strength.” Surprisingly, the 93d coped well when they had faced battle. At the time, France had been constantly begging them for more men. John Pershing, who was the commander of the American Expeditionary Force, had guaranteed them to have four American regiments, which he gave. He decided to give them the regiments because the French had already been experienced with black soilders in their