Black W.W.I Soldiers from the 811th Pioneer Infantry Regiment Competing in Games in Occupied France Photo Archive, 1918
[African African Military][WWI] African American soldiers of the 811th Pioneer Infantry Regiment in France, three original photographs circa 1918, documenting Black American troops during World War I. These images illuminate the racialized structure of the U.S. Army, in which African American regiments were disproportionately assigned to labor and stevedore work.....
