The Harlem Hellfighters by Walter Dean Myers & Bill Miles

The Harlem Hellfighters by Walter Dean Myers & Bill Miles

Author:Walter Dean Myers & Bill Miles
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780061974991
Publisher: HarperCollins


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SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA

The summer of 1917 was hot and muggy. The cramped Harlem tenements were nearly unbearable at nights, and many Harlem residents slept on rooftops and fire escapes to catch whatever breezes were available. But when the 15th New York National Guard (Colored) was assigned for training at Camp Wadsworth in South Carolina, things promised to get even hotter.

The move had been anticipated and announced, and an article in The New York Times on August 31 had foretold of trouble.



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