Taking a Look at Eugene Jacques Bullard

Pascal Jean Daigle was one of countless soldiers that fought and died for Canada in the First World War, which spanned from July 28th, 1914 until November 11th, 1918. The First World War acted as a breaking point for the tremendous amount of tension building up in the European Union and was the first time that our global community came together and converged against one common enemy. This time of war brought many deaths and affected millions of people. While this war hurt so many, it showed the enemies of the Allied Forces that the Allies were not a force to be thought of lightly and that together countries are much stronger than when separated. World War one is commonly known for its bloody battlefields, the closest thing humans have seen to hell on earth. The fields were scattered with dead bodies, and behind every single body was a family praying that their father, husband, or brother would come home. In the year of 1915, when Pascal enlisted, conscription was not formally introduced by the government. But by the work of propaganda and pressure from society it was very common for a young man like Pascal to enlist in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF). Contrary to Pascal’s life at war and in training, his life previous to the World War was quite slow paced.

Even though this story is fictionalized, majority of the events portrayed was either direct historical accounts or fictionalized versions of them. As figured, some of the characters in this story are fictional, such as Dave, Mark, and Edge. However, characters such as, Desmond Scatliffe and Sergeant Mandla were inspired by actual historical figures. Scatliffe’s character was inspired by several Caribbean-born Hellfighters, and Mandla’s character was based on the story of an actual full-blooded Zulu who served with the 15th New York. On the contrary, characters such as: Colonel William Hayward, Captain Arthur W. Little, Captain Hamilton Fish, Sergeant Noble Sissle, General Henri Gouraud, James Reese Europe, “The King of Jazz”, Eugene Jaques Bullard, who was a boxer, a nightclub owner, an activist, a pilot, and a veteran of both World Wars, and Henry Johnson, who was the first American (black or white) to receive the French Cross of War, were all nonfictional.

He received citations for meritorious service and a promotion to Brevet Major. This stemmed from his sense of duty, willingness to face danger, and by leading from the front.

The 369th Infantry Regiment served 191 days under enemy fire in Europe. They returned home one of the most decorated American units of World War I. The syncopated stylings of their regimental band, led by James Reese Europe, introduced French listeners to American jazz. As soldiers, the Harlem Hellfighters left their mark in the trenches of France. "We did not give ourselves our name [the 'Harlem Hellfighters']," says Col. Reginald Sanders, a former commander of the 369th Sustainment Brigade, which descended from the original World War I unit. "Our enemies gave us our name, [which] is an honor."

even requested them to be attached to the French Army. But the War Department refused and the 92nd moved on to participate heroically in the September 1918 Meuse-Argonne offensive.

As indigenous Canadians returned home from the front and Europe in general, one of the accomplishments they made for their people was their war notability. War notability not only includes the medals awarded, but also the actions that caused them. Soldiers, such as Francis Pegahmagabow, are remembered for their abilities, not just the awards they received. Francis Pegahmagabow was a promoted to Corporal ranking and awarded the Military Medal and two bars for his bravery and effectiveness as a sniper. Pegahmagabow, however, is not the only

Jean-Michel Basquiat was born on December 22, 1960, in Brooklyn, New York. His mother was a Puerto Rican, and his father was a Haitian immigrant, the combination of both eventually led Jean-Michel's into learning creole, Spanish, and English. At an early age, Jean-Michel decided he wanted to be a cartoonist and so his mother took him to a art museums in order to stimulate his imagination. He showed a precocious talent for drawing, and his mother enrolled him as a Junior Member of the Brooklyn Museum when he was six. At the age of eight, he was extremely injured in a car accident and was hospitalized for a month. He broke his arm, suffered multiple internal injuries and underwent a splenectomy. His mother brought him a copy of his Grey’s

During the lecture on Tuesday we discussed two very interesting sociologists that caught my attention: W.E.B DuBois & Harriet Martineau. Both sociologists had two strikes against them from the start, one was a woman and the other was an African American. Also, both individuals were great sociologists of their time; but however didn't get the recognition they deserved. Despite both sociologists work being neglected, they both continued to work harder. Harriet Martineau believed that you need to collect sociological data by observation and other methods. She also did sociological research about women and their different roles and places in society. However, W.E.B Du Bois fought for justice and equality for African Americans by doing sociological

Authors such as W.E.B. Du Bois and Simone de Beauvoir, who wrote on the oppression of people agree that there is a mental oppression the acts as one of the biggest obstacles to freedom for oppressed groups. The oppression of black people and women are similar in fundamental ways because they are viewed as inferior and the ways they are controlled and limited by another, dominant group which makes it easy to apply the concept of the Veil to both of them. Du Bois introduces the concept of the Veil, which concerns the way black people see themselves through the eyes of white people. De Beauvoir expands the concept of the Veil to apply to the oppression of women and their fight for freedom. However, by applying the concept to gender division

Title-Private Otto O Zwicker, Otto O Zwicker reached the rank of Private United States Army, he served from November 4 1918 to November 26 1918, Born April 7, 1899, died October 20 1992.

The new medal for military service is called the medal of preserving innocence. In the book The Things They Carried, war is viewed as an event that steals youth and innocence away from many, but with the many that have their innocence stealing, they preserve the innocence of many back home. The qualities of the recipient include but are not limited to: stopping the truth of war actions from spreading back home, taking action to stop the enemy from invading territory, and performing heartless acts to see a fellow solider make it home alive. The medal includes many symbols. The heart is there to show that it takes a lot of love for someone to shield them from the truth of the war. The crest of the eagle is to show that bravery does not always

ended up serving in World War I as the commander of an artillery battle. Upon his return

joined the army in 1915 after a frustrating career in the post office. His mother died

Francis Pegahmagabow, for example, is the most decorated Indigenous solider for World War I and World War II and was “one of only thirty-nine soldiers in the Canadian Expeditionary Force to be awarded the Military Medal and Two Bars for valour, yet he is not mentioned even once in the voluminous war diary of the 1st Battalion, the unit he served with for almost the entire duration of World War I” (Hayes, 2009: 124). The reasons Pegahmagabow received these awards are still being debated. Pegahmagabow, who was an activist in Indigenous rights during his life after World War I and throughout World War II was quoted writing the following in a letter to the Canadian government in May of 1914:

In 1913, at the outbreak of World War I, he volunteered to serve in the German army and been selected though he still an Austrian citizen. In World War I, he was twice decorated for bravery receiving the Iron Cross First Class the Black Wound Badge. At that time, he was the rank of corporal. When