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The story of First World War deserters who were shot at dawn

The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War Sports was probably the most shamefulDescription by Chad L. Williams Hardcover The dramatic story of W. E. B. Du Bois's reckoning with the betrayal of Black soldiers during World War Iand a new understanding of one of the great twentieth century writers. When W. E. B. Du Bois, believing in the possibility of full citizenship and democratic change, encouraged African Americans to close ranks and support the Allied cause in World War I, he made a decision that would haunt him for the rest