About the Scholar
Dr. Christopher Hamner is the lead historian for the Understanding Sacrifice program. He teaches at George Mason University, and is the author of Enduring Battle: American Soldiers in Three Wars, 1776-1945. From 2014 to 2016 he was a Visiting Professor at the U.S. Army War College, and in 2012 received Mason's Teaching Excellence Award.
Primary Sources
- Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to United States Selective Service System, November 19, 1940 Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
- Letter from Selective Service System to W. E. B. Du Bois, December 7, 1940 Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
- Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to United States Office of War Information, June 23, 1942 Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
- Negro carrying sign in front of milk company. Chicago, Illinois Library of Congress (LC-USF34-063103-D)
Learn More
- The Negro Soldier, 1944 National Archives and Records Administration (111-OF-51)
- Pictures of African Americans During World War II National Archives and Records Administration