Harlem's Rattlers and the Great War: The Undaunted 369th Regiment and the African American Quest for Equality

by Jeffrey T. Sammons and John H. Morrow Jr.

Book Overview

When on May 15, 1918 a French lieutenant warned Henry Johnson of the 369th to move back because of a possible enemy raid, Johnson reportedly replied: "I'm an American, and I never retreat." The story, even if apocryphal, captures the mythic status of the Harlem Rattlers, the African-American combat unit that grew out of the 15th New York National Guard, who were said to have never lost a man to capture or a foot of ground that had been taken. It also,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700619577
• ISBN13: 9780700619573
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 630 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.6" x 9.2"