Video by Jane O’Brien and Bill McKenna, BBC [dropcap]World[/dropcap] War One brought many social changes – not least, the introduction of jazz to Europe. Thanks to a black American regiment of musicians called the Harlem Hellfighters, the French discovered the joys of syncopation. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] More than a century on, US musician Jason Moran is […]
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The Harlem Hellfighters: African-American WWI heroes | New York Amsterdam News
Despite overt racism in their own country, the all-Black 369th Infantry Regiment of the 93rd Division, nicknamed the Harlem Hellfighters, fought alongside Caucasian Frenchmen in the trenches, some even wearing French uniforms.
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