Serving as the representative for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a special correspondent for THE CRISES MAGAZINE - and collecting information for his forthcoming book on the African-Americans who served in the First World War, Dr. W.E.B. Dubois set sail for France in order to attend the Versailles Conference.
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History of the American Negro in the Great World War by W.E.B. Duboise