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Nicknamed the "Harlem Hellfighters", these African-Americans wanted to become ordinary citizens like everyone else. They saw fighting heroically in the trenches as their chance to achieve this. In 1918, the 15th New York National Guard Regiment became the most highly decorated unit of the First World War.
- Philippe BaudoinMusicologist, Jazz Historian
- Helene HarterProfessor of American Studies, Universite Rennes 2
- Franck LesjeanArchaeologist, The Great War Association
- Aldon D. MorrisSociologist, Northwestern University
- John MorrowHistorian, University of Georgia
- Barack ObamaSelf (archive footage)
- Andre RakotoHistorian, U.S. Army Expert
- Jeffrey SammonsHistorian, New York University