Race, War, and Surveillance : African Americans and the United States Government during World War I.

By: Ellis, MarkMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Description: 1 online resource (349 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780253109323Subject(s): Political persecution -- United States -- History -- 20th century | World War, 1914-1918 -- African Americans | World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, African American | World War, 1914-1918 -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Race, War, and Surveillance : African Americans and the United States Government during World War IDDC classification: 940.4/03 LOC classification: D639.N4 -- E55 2001ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One: African Americans and the War for Democracy, 1917 -- Two: The Wilson Administration and Black Opinion, 1917 -1918 -- Three: Black Doughboys -- Four: The Surveillance of African-American Leadership -- Five: W.E.B.Du Bois, Joel Spingarn, and Military Intelligence -- Six: Diplomacy and Demobilization, 1918 -1919 -- Seven: Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: In April 1917, black Americans reacted in various ways to the entry of the United States into World War I in the name of "Democracy." Some expressed loud support, many were indifferent, and others voiced outright opposition. All were agreed, however, that the best place to start guaranteeing freedom was at home.Almost immediately, rumors spread across the nation that German agents were engaged in "Negro Subversion" and that African Americans were potentially disloyal. Despite mounting a constant watch on black civilians, their newspapers, and their organizations, the domestic intelligence agents of the federal government failed to detect any black traitors or saboteurs. They did, however, find vigorous demands for equal rights to be granted and for the 30-year epidemic of lynching in the South to be eradicated. In Race, War, and Surveillance, Mark Ellis examines the interaction between the deep-seated fears of many white Americans about a possible race war and their profound ignorance about the black population. The result was a "black scare" that lasted well beyond the war years.Mark Ellis is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. June 2001256 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4, index, append. cloth 0-253-33923-5 39.95 s / £30.50 ContentsAfrican Americans and the War for Democracy, 1917The Wilson Administration and Black Opinion, 1917--1918Black DoughboysThe Surveillance of African American LeadershipW. E. B. Du Bois, Joel E. Spingarn, and Military Intelligence Diplomacy and Demobilization,Summary: 1918--1919Conclusion.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One: African Americans and the War for Democracy, 1917 -- Two: The Wilson Administration and Black Opinion, 1917 -1918 -- Three: Black Doughboys -- Four: The Surveillance of African-American Leadership -- Five: W.E.B.Du Bois, Joel Spingarn, and Military Intelligence -- Six: Diplomacy and Demobilization, 1918 -1919 -- Seven: Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

In April 1917, black Americans reacted in various ways to the entry of the United States into World War I in the name of "Democracy." Some expressed loud support, many were indifferent, and others voiced outright opposition. All were agreed, however, that the best place to start guaranteeing freedom was at home.Almost immediately, rumors spread across the nation that German agents were engaged in "Negro Subversion" and that African Americans were potentially disloyal. Despite mounting a constant watch on black civilians, their newspapers, and their organizations, the domestic intelligence agents of the federal government failed to detect any black traitors or saboteurs. They did, however, find vigorous demands for equal rights to be granted and for the 30-year epidemic of lynching in the South to be eradicated. In Race, War, and Surveillance, Mark Ellis examines the interaction between the deep-seated fears of many white Americans about a possible race war and their profound ignorance about the black population. The result was a "black scare" that lasted well beyond the war years.Mark Ellis is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. June 2001256 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4, index, append. cloth 0-253-33923-5 39.95 s / £30.50 ContentsAfrican Americans and the War for Democracy, 1917The Wilson Administration and Black Opinion, 1917--1918Black DoughboysThe Surveillance of African American LeadershipW. E. B. Du Bois, Joel E. Spingarn, and Military Intelligence Diplomacy and Demobilization,

1918--1919Conclusion.

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