African American Soldiers in World War I - Jennifer Keene

Jennifer Keene, Chapman University
The centennial of American participation in World War I offers a perfect moment to remember how the war’s black veterans forged the path that ultimately led to the de-segregation of the armed forces in 1948. This major victory for the modern civil rights movement forever altered the meaning of military service. Today the U.S. armed forces proudly guarantee equal opportunity to all servicemen and women, a legacy of the World War I generation who fought with courage and determination for the right to serve their nation with honor and dignity
Lecture presented during the 15th Annual Truman Library Teachers' Conference at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
For more information about the National WWI Museum and Memorial visit theworldwar.org

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My maternal grandfather (1895-1973), who grew up on a farm in Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army in France during 1918 with a segregated unit of the Services of Supply.

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Here only to learn more about a war my very own grandfather was in. He was an amazing man he passed at age 99.

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The Horace Pippin painting she discussed is _The End of the War: Starting Home_
It is an oil on canvas which Pippin began in 1930 & completed in 1933. It is currently displayed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Here after watching Harlem Hellfighters