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By Cynquetta, Grade 3

The 369th Regiment were all Black soldiers. They had to practice with broomsticks because the United States Army wouldn’t give them real guns. They thought Black men couldn’t be good soldiers. They only got their real guns when it was war time. They couldn’t fight with the American army. They had to fight with the French Army who thought they could be equal. The American army wouldn’t let the Black soldiers have good boats. Instead they gave the broken down boats to the Black soldiers because they thought they weren’t good enough. The 369th regiment was brave because they didn’t give up. They used what they had and still became good soldiers.

Image source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/10/first-world-war-colonial-soldiers-racism