BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Desmond Ang (Harvard Kennedy School of Government) will present "Vanguard: Black Veterans and Civil Rights after World War I" as part of the CPR Seminar Series.Abstract: \;In 1919\, hundreds of thousands of Black soldiers returned\nhome to face widespread racial violence and discr imination. Leveraging the\nWorld War I draft lottery and millions of newly -digitized records\, we document\nthe pioneering role that these individua ls played in advancing civil rights\nover the following decades. While mil itary service provided little causal\neconomic benefit\, Black men who wer e randomly inducted into the U.S. Army were\nsignificantly more likely to take part in the ascendant NAACP. Heterogeneity\nanalysis suggests that ef fects were largest for men from higher-skilled\noccupations and those who served in combat roles. Detailed analysis of the\nfirst African-American o fficer candidate class similarly reveals that\ncommissioned officers were more likely to become civil rights leaders and other\nprominent members of civil society. DTEND:20230216T220000Z DTSTAMP:20240328T150629Z DTSTART:20230216T203000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:CPR Seminar Series: Desmond Ang UID:RFCALITEM638472207890378181 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Desmond Ang (Harvard Kennedy School of Gove rnment) will present "Vanguard: Black Veterans and Civil Rights after Worl d War I" as part of the CPR Seminar Series.
Abstract: \;In 1919\, hundreds of thousands of Black soldiers returned\nhome to face widespread racial violence and discrimination. Leveraging the\nWor ld War I draft lottery and millions of newly-digitized records\, we docume nt\nthe pioneering role that these individuals played in advancing civil r ights\nover the following decades. While military service provided little causal\neconomic benefit\, Black men who were randomly inducted into the U .S. Army were\nsignificantly more likely to take part in the ascendant NAA CP. Heterogeneity\nanalysis suggests that effects were largest for men fro m higher-skilled\noccupations and those who served in combat roles. Detail ed analysis of the\nfirst African-American officer candidate class similar ly reveals that\ncommissioned officers were more likely to become civil ri ghts leaders and other\nprominent members of civil society.
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