Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-235) and index.
The African American militia during radical reconstruction / Otis A. Singletary -- "They are as proud of their uniform as any who serve Virginia" : African American participation in the Virginia volunteers, 1872-1899 / Roger D. Cunningham -- The Black militia of the New South : Texas as a case study / Alwyn Barr -- A place in the parade : citizenship, manhood, and African American men in the Illinois National Guard, 1870-1917 / Eleanor L. Hannah -- The last march : the demise of the Black militia in Alabama / Beth Taylor Muskat -- The Black volunteers in the Spanish-American War / Marvin E. Fletcher -- North Carolina's African American regiment and the Spanish-American War / Willard B. Gatewood -- No officers, no fight! The Sixth Virginia Volunteers in the Spanish-American War / Ann Field Alexander -- Black Kansans and the Spanish-American War / Willard B. Gatewood -- "A lot of fine, sturdy Black warriors" : Texas's African American "Immunes" in the Spanish-American War / Roger D. Cunningham -- A flag for the Tenth Immunes / Russell K. Brown