Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era Red Cross to those in command during

to those in command during those last days and weeks

But mentally the boy has little in common with their narrow outlooks

a love song for his family

from all social and economic strata

Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era Red Cross to those in command duringDescription by Chad L. Williams Paperback On April 2, 1917, Woodrow Wilson thrust the United States into World War I by declaring, "The world must be made safe for democracy." For the 380,000 African American soldiers who fought and labored in the global conflict, these words carried life or death meaning. Relating stories bridging the war and postwar years, spanning the streets of Chicago and the streets of Harlem, from the battlefields of the