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Charles Jones
1m 53s
"This Little Light of Mine," by Charles Jones and the 2011 Student Freedom Riders.
American Experience, TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
Video description: In the summer of 1917, at docks up and down the eastern seaboard, thousands of American soldiers boarded ships bound for France. They were the vanguard of a new American army, about to enter the most destructive war the world had ever known. For President Woodrow Wilson, the war was a crusade “to make the world safe for democracy,” a chance to transform the international order in America’s image.
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