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French have always been Black American Allies. Gifting Statue of Liberty to celebrate abolition of slavery and treating them as the soldiers they were✊🏾 #The369th #HarlemHellfighters #InfluentialJazz #BlackAmericanHistory2026 #100YearsOfCelebratingBlackAmericanHistory
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The power of music.
Performers like #JosephineBaker and the #HarlemHellfighters (led by #JamesReeseEurope) used their music to champion equality, fostering integration in French society.
#CultureWars #CulturalRevolution #BlackDefiance
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“Upon departure, there was no #parade, yet they saw 191 days of relentless #combat, more than any American #French unit, and earned the nickname “ #HarlemHellfighters.””
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book "Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era" covers this subject - it's an excellent read...
#BlackHistoryMonth #HarlemHellfighters
@chadwilliams.bsky.social book "Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era" covers this subject - it's an excellent read...
#BlackHistoryMonth #HarlemHellfighters
Old Hillside Bourbon Launches Harlem Hellfighters Limited Edition Bourbon
#ebonymagazine #blackdiasporanews #blackownedmedia #oldhillsidebourbon #harlemhellfighters #bourbon
Excited I found this randomly at #HPB
I'm always keeping an eye out for real life black history comics #HarlemHellFighters #MaxBrooks #CaananWhite
#VeteransDay to those who paved the path for Veterans like myself #FreeRalph😎✌️15K .... #JimiHendrix
#MontfordPointMarines #TuskegeeAirmen #1stKansasColoredVolunteers #BuffaloSoldiers #HarlemHellfighters #SixTrippleEight #92ndInfantryDivision and a host of others!
#armystrong 🇺🇸
Black History IS American History
#HarlemHellfighters
OMG- incredibly brave black man #CharlesFrench US ship named after him? What next? Black gen #BenjaminODavis? Or #HarlemHellfighters 191 days in the front line trenches in France WW1 & those soldiers awarded 170 #CroixdeGuerre medals during World War I? #HenryJohnson posthumous #MedalofHonor?
We are #ANTIFA The #TuskegeeAirmen The #HarlemHellfighters The #6888 We’ve Always Fought Fascist & we will Continue Fighting Fascist even if it’s Our Own Government 🤷🏽♀️
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#CongressionalMedal
#Smithsonian
#NY-Nat’lGuard
#ThankYou,Veterans
If you want to learn a bit more in an accessible way, there is a pretty good graphic novel about them, which I read and reviewed on my #blog:
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#books #reading #BookReview #reviews #GraphicNovel #comics #HarlemHellfighters #ItinerantLibrarian 💙📚
In some good news.
> Legendary WWI unit the Harlem Hellfighters honored with Congressional Gold Medal in Washington nypost.com/2025/09/03/u...
#history #HarlemHellfighters #AfricanAmerican
Just witnessed the Harlem Hellfighters finally being awarded the Congressional Gold Medal! As if that wasn’t thrilling enough, I got to meet the descendants of Hellfighter and Jazz legend James Reese Europe! #jazz #WorldWar1 #HarlemHellfighters #JamesReeseEurope
Is #WillSmith ever going to do that #HarlemHellfighters movie?
The #HarlemHellfighters was a regiment made up of decorated Black soldiers who fought as part of the #French army during WWI in 1918 because the U.S. did not allow Black soldiers to fight alongside white soldiers. The French accepted the #Harlem #Hellfighters with open arms & did not segregate them
Returning soldiers from World War One of the 369th Infantry Regiment, aka the Harlem Hellfighters, parade up Fifth Avenue in New York City on Feb 17th, 1919 🫡
#HarlemHellfighters #blackhistory #ww1 #military
For this Juneteenth, I want to make a thread of information about the Harlem Hellfighters, these guys were total badasses during WWI. They need to be talked about more!!!
#HarlemHellfighters
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“More disturbingly, the admin & its ideological allies are erasing the accomplishments of #Black #ServiceMembers from the nation’s #military narrative. Units such as the 369th Infantry Regiment, known as the #HarlemHellfighters; the #TuskegeeAirmen; the #MontfordPointMarines; & the […]
Harlem Hellfighter
Henry Johnson in 1/6 scale
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#HenryJohnson
#HarlemRattlers
#BlackHistory is American History
#BuffaloSoldiers
Four soldiers from the famed 369th Infantry, the Harlem Hellfighters, proudly marched in a NYC parade in uniform after returning from World War I in Europe. The entire regiment was awarded the Croix de Guerre for their heroism in France. 🇺🇸🗽🎖️ #HarlemHellfighters #WWI #Heroes #BlackHistory #Legacy
What are we doing about this??? Outrageous! #harlemhellfighters #369th #SgtHenryJohnson @schumer.senate.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social @governor.ny.gov @aoc.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @reppaultonko.bsky.social
Harlem Hellfighters trench defense. Still working on this one.
#Blackhistory #HarlemHellfighters
#Buffalosoldiers
Black History
Harlem Hellfighters
The 369th Infantry Regiment,referred to as the Harlem Hellfighters, was an infantry regiment of the New York Army National Guard during World War I & World War II. The Regiment of African Americans #HarlemHellfighters #Blacksoldier #civilrights #BlackHistoryMonth
Black History Month
Henry Johnson, a US Army soldier who performed heroically in the first African American unit to engage in combat in World War I. He was awarded posthumously the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama #HarlemHellfighters #Blacksoldier #civilrights #BlackHistoryMonth
Black History
Nat Love (sometimes spelled Nate Love) (June 1854 – 1921) was an African-American cowboy and former slave in the period following the American Civil War. #Natlove #cowboys #buffalosoldier #Warof1812 #EugeneBullard #HarlemHellfighters #Blacksoldier #civilrights #BlackHistoryMonth
Good morning Good citizens, white supremacy MUST FALL
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY SENDING LOVE TAPS TO ALL NAZIS
#BLACKSKY #BHM #BLACKHISTORY #HARLEMHELLFIGHTERS
Four soldiers from the famed 369th Infantry, the Harlem Hellfighters, proudly marched in a New York City parade in uniform after returning from World War I in Europe. The entire regiment was awarded the Croix de Guerre for their heroism in France. 🇺🇸🗽🎖️ #HarlemHellfighters #BlackHistory
