Salvation Army Giving Fresh Doughnuts

Salvation Army workers giving fresh doughnuts to the soldiers just in from the line at Varrenes-en-Argonne; October 12, 1918.

During World War I, thousands of African American men answered their country's call and joined the armed services. Though segregation policies at the time followed them into the military, the service of African Americans during the war broke barriers and challenged the heart of racist policies in the military and beyond.