Harlem Hellfighters: Rare photographs of the African American regiment renowned for courage despite prejudice, 1917-1918

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The Hellfighters, the infantry regiment of the New York Army National Guard, was the most celebrated African American regiment in World War I. The regiment was nicknamed the Black Rattlers. The nickname Men of Bronze (French: Hommes de Bronze) was given to the regiment by the French and Hell-fighters (German: Höllenkämpfer) by the Germans. Like […]