BBC1 个月
WW1: Why was the first German defeat in Africa?
Its nine masts meant it was high-powered enough to link all of Germany’s African colonies with Berlin ... carved up between Britain and France. WW1: How did an artist help Britain fight the ...
Brandeis University6 年
When World War I ended, the civil rights movement was just getting started
Chad Williams, the Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Chair in History and the author of “Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era,” sat down with BrandeisNow to discuss ...
BBC3 年
The South African Native Labour Corps: Segregation and racism in World War One
I mean if we look at this label here, the k-word on that label was a term used to describe black people in South Africa at the time. Femi: I know how incredibly offensive that term is today.
Business Insider7 年
The African-Americans who fought in the Spanish Civil War
including 85 African-Americans. These men were part of an unknown chapter of history between Spain and the United States. Like thousands of people of the southern United States, James Yates was ...
来自MSN1 个月
South Africa's WW1 servicemen finally honoured at new memorial
Hundreds of South African servicemen ... we can be one of the families that people can talk about in the due course of history". Job Hlakula's great-grandson said they were "humbled" by his ...