Published during the pivotal year of 1918, Volume 3 of The Journal of Negro History appeared as African American soldiers served in the segregated U.S. Army in France, and as debates about Black citizenship and civil rights intensified on the home front. Carter G. Woodson’s journal continued its mission of rigorous historical scholarship, presenting articles on African American history from the colonial era through the recent past alongside primary source documents.
Reading Volume 3 alongside the historical moment of its publication illuminates how Black scholars used history as a tool of advocacy and identity at a moment of national crisis. Download this free EPUB for a remarkable year of African American historical writing.