- Collection:
- African American Lives
- Title:
- The Negro, democracy and the war
- Creator:
- Delsarte, Walter William, 1881-
- Publisher:
- Wolverine Printing Co.
- Date of Original:
- 1919
- Subject:
- African Americans
World War, 1914-1918--African Americans - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- books
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A practicing attorney from Brooklyn, New York, author Walter W. Delsarte published this book shortly after Armistice. He highlighted the effort of Black soldiers during the war and argued that their service has earned them an equal place in society. He celebrated the ideal of American democracy, while listing all of the ways in which it falls short of fulfilling its promise to African Americans.
- Metadata URL:
- https://digitalcollections.libraries.ua.edu/digital/collection/p17336coll22/id/2615
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.libraries.ua.edu/iiif/2/p17336coll22:2615/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Images are in the public domain or protected under U.S. copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code), and both types may be used for research and private study. For publication, commercial use, or reproduction, in print or digital format, of all images and/or the accompanying data, users are required to secure prior written permission from the copyright holder and from archives@ua.edu. When permission is granted, please credit the images as Courtesy of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections.
- Extent:
- 142 p.
- Original Collection:
- The Negro, democracy and the war
- Contributing Institution:
- William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library
- Rights:
-
