OF

THE AMERICAN NEGRO
IN THE WORLD WAR

BY

EMMETT J. SCOTT, A.M., LL.D.
Special Assistant to Secretary of War

Author of "Tuskegee and Its People," "Is Liberia Worth Saving?" and
co-Author of "Booker T. Washington, Builder of a Civilization."
Secretary of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Eighteen years
PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE LATE BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

A Complete and Authentic Narration, from Official Sources, of the
Participation of

AMERICAN SOLDIERS OF THE NEGRO RACE

in the

WORLD WAR FOR DEMOCRACY

Profusely Illustrated

with Official Photographs

A Full Account of the War Work Organizations of Colored Men and Women
and other Civilian Activities including

The Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A. and the
War Camp Community Service

With Official Summary of Treaty of Peace and
League of Nations Covenant

Prefaced with Highest Tributes to the American Negro

by

HON. NEWTON D. BAKER, Secretary of War

GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING, Commander-in-Chief, American Exp. Forces.
and the late

COL. THEODORE ROOSEVELT