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Torchbearers of Democracy: African Americans and World War I

A Lecture by Chad Williams, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of African and Afro-American Studies at Brandeis University

Thursday, September 28, 2017
4:30pm – 6:30pm
Filene Auditorium, Moore Building
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Lectures & Seminars

Professor Williams specializes in African American and modern United States History, African American military history, the World War I era, and African American intellectual history. His first book, Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era, was published in 2010 and won the 2011 Liberty Legacy Foundation Award from the Organization of American Historians, the 2011 Distinguished Book Award from the Society for Military History and designation as a 2011 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title.

For more information, contact:
Patricia McGuinn

Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.