Soldiers of the Different Nationalities Engaged in the World War. "This picture shows the portraits and headdress of 45 different representative fighters now engaged in the European war."
- Title:
- Soldiers of the Different Nationalities Engaged in the World War. "This picture shows the portraits and headdress of 45 different representative fighters now engaged in the European war."
- Alternate Title:
- Soldiers of the Different Nationalities Engaged in the World War
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Miller, Kelly
- Date:
- 1919
- Posted Date:
- 2017-04-14
- ID Number:
- 2061.01
- Collection Number:
- 8548
- File Name:
- PJM_2061_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1900 - 1919
- Subject:
- Other Moral & Social
World War I
Pictorial
Unusual Graphics/Text
Slavery/Race - Measurement:
- 15 x 24 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- This map appears in a 1919 book by Kelly Miller, the African-American Dean of Arts & Sciences at Howard University. The book's title explains the map: "Kelly Miller's history of the world war for human rights: an intensely human and brilliant account of the world war . . . and a thrilling account of the important part taken by the Negro in the . . . complete victory for the cause of righteousness and freedom." On the world map are "the portraits and headdress of 45 different representative fighters now engaged in the European war." The portraits dominate the image, and they dramatically show the number of non-white soldiers represented in the fighting, including West Africans, West Indians, Senegalese, Nigerians, "Native" South Africans, "Ghurkas" (Nepalese), "Pathans" (ethnic Afghans), Arabs, Sikhs, Maoris, "Annamites" (Vietnamese), Japanese, "Kalmuks" (Western Mongolians), Kurds, Belgian "Colonials," Madagascans, Sepoys and Tonkinese.
Following his more than 500 pages extolling the heroic contributions of black American soldiers, Kelly concludes (at 554): "After the Negro has proved his value and worth in all of these trying ways, when after this he asks for a full measure of equal rights, what American will have the heart or the hardihood to say him nay?"
For further information on the Collector’s Notes and a Feedback/Contact Link, see https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/about-collection-personal-statement and https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/feedback-and-contact - Source:
- Miller, Kelly. 1919. 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 the autocracy, and complete victory for the cause of righteousness and freedom. Marietta, Ohio: S. A. Mullikan.
- Cite As:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.