The Great War and the Culture of the New Negro (Hardcover)
More than African American soldiers fought in World War I,and returningtroops frequently spoke of color-blind France. Such cosmopolitan experiences,along with the brutal,often desegregated no-man's-land between the trenches,forced African American artists and writers to reexamine their relationship to mainstream (white) American culture.The war represented a seminal moment for African Americans,and in the s and s it became a touchstone for such diverse cul