Saluting the Black soldiers of WWI

[TEH]

Repped and dapped

 

[SPACE IS FAKE]

a lot of untold black history buried in the past. its time we bring these stories to life.

Nigerians made up more than half of the total force of 90,000 West African soldiers deployed to south east Asia after 1943, as part of the British army’s 81st and 82nd (West Africa) Divisions.

love hearing the OGs speak. very talented storytellers

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

 

[LurkMoar]

 

[TEH]

While we're at it....I think Adam Clayton Powell is one of the most important and least talked about figures in American history.
VERY complicated man, so if you're not gonna invest the time to read about his life..don't think a video or documentary can tell you the full picture.

It was pressure from him that lead to the desegration of the U.S. military.

He influenced all those civil rights leaders and celebrities in his day

Critically underrated

 

[Biscayne]

After the war the british didn't even transport most of their troops back to the different colonies they just dumped them in Kenya so brehs who would have been from Nigeria and other british African colonies ended up staying and marrying locally.

That's insane. No effort..

 

[Biscayne]

That's why I made this thread. Watch all the Armistice Day celebrations gloss over this.

They never bring this up. Awesome thread.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

That's insane. No effort..

Breh the history that isn't told would blow nikkaz minds.

During one of the world wars there was Russian women that took refuge in Africa and married plus integrated with locals . They even learned the language.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

a lot of untold black history buried in the past. its time we bring these stories to life.





love hearing the OGs speak. very talented storytellers

Yeah their story telling is compelling. Their story about meeting African American troops during the war was great too. Said it was brotherly love and comradery

 

[UserNameless]

What happened to the real ?

 

[Captain Crunch]

Breh the history that isn't told would blow nikkaz minds.

During one of the world wars there was Russian women that took refuge in Africa and married plus integrated with locals . They even learned the language.

Link?

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

The Civil Rights Movement in the United States began really when the Blacks troops got back from WWI.


and hold up


hold up.............THIS MFer didn't want Senegalese soldiers marching in a parade celebrating the liberation of France..?

I saw this picture in an encyclopedia when I was 8. Frenchman crying in the streets as the Nazis took over Paris. You're telling me that Pierre was trying to block African soldiers from marching in victory parade? Sacre Bleu!!

That shyt was a gift in discuise because of how most African soldiers were treated including not getting paid they went home and said fukk living u see these Cacs. Most ended up part of the freedom struggles.

 

[Amerikan Melanin]

Both my grandfathers served in WWII.



This is a great thread the Smithsonian did for twitter.

 

[Roid Jones]

Good thread, it has always annoyed me how the mainstream media talks about WW1&2 without highlighting the contribution of black soldiers

 

[You Win Perfect]

excellent posting. this is a very overlooked part of the war. brehs that were thrown in the frontline as gunfire bait and came home with no medals or acknowledgment but like you said it opened up a lot of their eyes and mobilized them after the fact.

that military training came in handy