Re: The impact of WWI on African Diasporic Identities

I can't add much but I've often used this photograph in talks:

http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/3562?CISOBOX=1&REC=1

Black American troops saluting under a statue of the "Anglo-Saxon" (and for once I use the term correctly) - Alfred the Great.

Stuart

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From: Pellom McDaniels <pellommcdaniels@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "ww1lit@googlegroups.com" <ww1lit@googlegroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, 5 September 2012 15:58
To: "ww1lit@googlegroups.com" <ww1lit@googlegroups.com>
Subject: The impact of WWI on African Diasporic Identities

Hello.  My name is Pellom McDaniels and I am a researcher at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.  One of my areas of interest is in WWI and the unintended consequences of the global conflict on African Americans.  I have built an exhibition and website, and created a K-12 curriculum for teachers in the US to teach about the First World War.  (www.theycametofight.org) I noticed that your website/archive does not include any narratives of black Brits.  Is there an accounting of these men participating in the war?  Are there narrative of West Indians functioning as soldiers or in support roles?  I am interested in the African Diasporic narrative of the war and its impact on democratic identities.

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