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Title: Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights
Author: Kelly Miller
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Language: English
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[Illustration: KELLY MILLER, A.M., LL.D.
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Howard University,
Washington D.C.]
KELLY MILLER'S HISTORY
OF
The World War
FOR
Human Rights
An Intensely Human and Brilliant Account of the World War; Why
America Entered the Conflict; What the Allies Fought For; And a
Thrilling Account of the Important Part Taken by the Negro in the
Tragic Defeat of Germany; The Downfall of Autocracy, and Complete
Victory for the Cause of Righteousness and Freedom.
INCLUDING
A Wonderful Array of Striking Pictures Made from Recent Official
Photographs, Illustrating and Describing the New and Awful Devices
Used in the Horrible Methods of Modern Warfare, together with
Remarkable Pictures of the Negro in Action in Both Army and Navy.
BY
KELLY MILLER, A.M., LL.D.
The Well-Known and Popular Author of "Race Adjustment," "Out of
the House of Bondage" and "The Disgrace of Democracy."
ALSO
Important Contribution by JOHN J. PERSHING, the Famous General,
FREDERICK DRINKER, the Noted War Correspondent, and E.A.
ALLEN, Author of "The History of Civilization."
Copyright, 1919 By A. JENKINS
Copyright, 1919 By O. KELLER
THE NEGRO'S
PART IN THE WAR
BY PROFESSOR KELLY MILLER, THE WELL-KNOWN
THINKER AND WRITER.
This treatise will set forth the black man's part in the world's war with
the logical sequence of facts and the brilliant power of statement for
which the author is famous. The mere announcement that the author of
"Race Adjustment," "Out of the House of Bondage," and "The Disgrace
of Democracy" is to present a history of the Negro in the great world
conflict, is sufficient to arouse expectancy among the wide circle of
readers who eagerly await anything that flows from his pen.
In this treatise, Professor Miller will trace briefly, but with consuming
interest, the relation of the Negro to the great wars of the past. He will
point out the never-failing fount of loyalty and patriotism which
characterizes the black man's nature, and will show that the Negro has
never been a hireling, but has always been characterized by that moral
energy which actuates all true heroism.
The conduct of the Negro in the present struggle will be set forth with a
brilliant and pointed pen. The idea of three hundred thousand American
Negroes crossing three thousand miles of sea to fight against autocracy
of the German crown constitutes the most interesting chapter in the
history of this modern crusade against an unholy cause. The valor and
heroism of the Afro-American contingent were second to none
according to the unanimous testimony of those who were in command
of this high enterprise.
The story of Negro officers in command of troops of their own color
will prove the wisdom of a policy entered upon with much distrust and
misgiving. It is just here that Professor Miller reaches the high-water
mark. Here is a story never told before, because the world has never
before witnessed Negro officers in large numbers participating in the
directive side of war waged on the high level of modern science and
system.
Professor Miller's treatise carries its own prophecy. He logically
enough forecasts the future of the race in glowing colors as the result of
his loyal and patriotic conduct in this great world epoch.
The author wisely queries: "When, hereafter, the Negro asks for his
rights as an American citizen, where can the American be found with
the heart or the hardihood to say him, Nay?"
The work will be profusely illustrated.
PUBLISHERS. March 27, 1919.
GENERAL PREFACE
While the underlying causes of the greatest war in all history must be
traced far back into the centuries, the one great object of the conflict
which was precipitated by the assassination of the Archduke Francis
Ferdinand of Austria, in Bosnia, at the end of June, 1914, is the
ultimate determination as to whether imperialism as exemplified in the
government of Germany shall rule the world, or whether democracy
shall reign.
Whenever men or nations disregard those principles which society has
laid down for their conduct in modern civilized life, and obligation and
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