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How A Jazz Band Humiliated The Segregated Army

When the U.S. Army sent the Harlem Hellfighters to France during World War I, General John J. Pershing handed the Black regiment over to the French Army, expecting them to quietly dig ditches. Instead, he accidentally started a cultural takeover. Led by Lieutenant James Reese Europe, the Hellfighters survived 191 grueling days in the trenches But their most lethal weapon wasn't a rifle—it was a brass band. Subscribe to One Mic History for more stories of Black Agency. Sources & Further Reading: A Life in Ragtime: A Biography of James Reese Europe by Reid Badger https://amzn.to/4s2Ba2X Harlem's Hell Fighters: The African-American 369th Infantry in World War I by Stephen L. Harris https://amzn.to/4b24LUm Audio Onemichistory.com Follow me on Instagram: @onemic_history Follow me on Substack: https://onemicblackhistorypodcast.sub... Follow me on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@onemic_history Please support our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=25697914 Buy me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Countryb...