BL ST 14 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: James Reese Europe, Eugene Bullard, Making Money
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1915 sinking of british lusitania by german submarines. 1917 wilson asks congress to declare war. 1918 web du bois crisis dedicated to nearly 100,000 black men in arms. Hell fighters: 15th heavy foot infantry regiment. 1918- traveled and played 25 french cities. And entertainment: freedom from segregation in paris. Black americans were not africans but americans who brought with them an exotic musical culture that could be consumed as modern . First black combat aviator flying in french squadrons. Awarded croix de guerre for bravery at battle of verdun. Saw so many musicians making money, decided to play drums. Le grand fuc: clubs in a small geographical area, one or two square blocks of each other, like what happens in the 1940"s.
