Summary Of Letters From African American Soldiers

In “Excerpts From Letters From African American Soldiers in the Philippines” in 1999 to 1900, few black soldiers expressed their life while fighting for the United States. These letters demonstrated how the "color line" impacted the Africans American soldiers who were fighting for the United States. The African Americans went to fight in the wars on behalf of the United States, yet they were treated poorly at home. This was an ongoing issue, even in World War One and World War Two. It is a theme that is present throughout American history. They went to fight, sacrificed their lives, but still were treated as second-class citizens. The sad part of this whole idea of the black men fighting for America, as shown through these letters, was that