Click here to view the brief Evening Record article dated By saying “Colored Men”, that meant they were not traveling with the white troops. They would be in separate barracks at All of that was understood when the term “Colored Men” was used in referring to these eight men: Clarence Higgs, By these men’s honorable service it helped to break down racial barriers for future generations. Let us never forget the soldier’s sacrifice. Written by: |
Click here to view the brief Evening Record article dated August 31, 1918, which reveals in its wording the segregated situation during World War I. By saying “Colored Men”, that meant they were not traveling with the white troops. They would be in separate barracks at All of that was understood when the term “Colored Men” was used in referring to these four men: Leonard Mickens, By these men’s honorable service it helped to break down racial barriers for future generations. Let us never forget the soldiers sacrifice. Written by: |
Background image of the Anderson Street Train station during World War I with passengers boarding obtained from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2605886/Poignant-archive-pictures-ambulance-trains-transported-soldiers-wounded-First-World-War-hospitals-Britain.html |