"The History and Views of Colored Officers Training Camp at Fort Des Moines for 1917" Advertisement, September 21, 1917

Advertisement printed in The Bystander newspaper. The ad is for the book, “The History and Views of Colored Officers Training Camp at Fort Des Moines for 1917.” and describes a book with autobiographies of African American cadets and soldiers at Fort Des Moines

Courtesy of Library of Congress, "The History and Views of Colored Officers Training Camp at Fort Des Moines for 1917," The Iowa Bystander, 21 September 1917

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This is an advertisement for the book, “The History and Views of Colored Officers Training Camp at Fort Des Moines for 1917.” The ad was published in The Iowa Bystander, an African-American newspaper in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Source-Dependent Questions

What do you learn about Ft. Des Moines by reading this advertisement?
Why do you think a book like this was written? By reading this ad, what do you think is the significance of having a book like this for African Americans to read?
What does this ad tell you about the importance of those African Americans who have enlisted into the military and trained at Ft. Des Moines?

Citation Information

"The History and Views of Colored Officers Training Camp at Fort Des Moines for 1917," The Iowa Bystander, 21 September 1917. Courtesy of Library of Congress