On 5 October 1917, Emmett Jay Scott, long-time secretary to Booker T. Washington, was appointed Special Assistant to Newton D. Baker, the Secretary of War. Scott was to serve as a confidential advisor in situations that involved the well-being of ten million African Americans and their roles in the war.

Harlem Hellfighters, nickname given to the 369th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army during World War I. The French government decorated the entire unit with the Croix de Guerre, its highest award for bravery, as well as 170 additional individual medals for valor.

Jan 18, 2007 · First organized in 1916 as the 15th New York National Guard Infantry Regiment and manned by black enlisted soldiers with both black and white officers, the U.S. Army’s 369th Infantry Regiment, popularly known as the “Harlem Hellfighters,” was the best known African American unit of World War I. Federalized in 1917, it prepared for service in Eur...

Feb 9, 2021 · Members of the all-Black 369th, or Harlem Hellfighters, pose on the boat home from World War I after fighting valiantly, Feb. 10, 1919. Photo via National Archives, originally captured by Western Newspapers Union. More than 350,000 African Americans served in the Great War.

May 14, 2018 · Days later, Johnson and Roberts became the first Americans to receive the French Croix de Guerre – the first of many honors awarded to the 369th Infantry Regiment, better known as the Harlem...

Nine men from the 369th Infantry, Harlem Hellfighters, posing for an iconic photo on their return home from World War One. The photo at the top of the page was taken on February 12, 1919, as soldiers from the 369th Infantry Regiment were waiting to disembark in New York on their way home from the Great War in Europe.

With America’s entry into World War I on April 6, 1917, the regiment was federalized and later re-designated the 369th Infantry on March 1, 1918. The otherwise all-Black regiment fought to “make...

Feb 1, 2023 · Harlem Hellfighters: Who Were They? The 369th Infantry, whose members called themselves Harlem’s Rattlers, became the most famous all-black regiment to fight during World War I. By the end of the war, 171 of the regiment’s men received individual Croix de Guerre medals for their valor.

Feb 12, 2019 · One hundred years ago, on February 17, 1919, the African-American 369 th Infantry Regiment, popularly known as the Harlem Hell Fighters, marched up Fifth Avenue into Harlem in a massive victory parade in their honor.

Feb 2, 2018 · More than 380,000 African Americans served in the Army during World War I, according to the National Archives. Approximately 200,000 of these were sent to Europe. But more than half of those who...