{"id":65,"date":"2015-01-19T23:26:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T23:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebonydoughboys.org\/blog\/?p=65"},"modified":"2015-01-20T01:21:51","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T01:21:51","slug":"ebony-doughboys-wwi-harlem-hellfighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebonydoughboys.org\/blog\/ebony-doughboys-wwi-harlem-hellfighters\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebony Doughboys-WWI-Harlem Hellfighters"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cropped-Ebony-Doughboys-logo.png\"<\/a>Ebony Doughboy<\/strong> member Algernon Ward<\/strong> will give a presentation on “The Harlem Hellfighters”<\/strong> at the Union League<\/strong> 140 South Broad St. Philadelphia, Pa. February 16, 2015 at 6 Pm.<\/strong> \"369<\/p>\n

Affectionate known as Algie by friends and family Algie is Professionally\u00a0 employed at the NJ Department of Health Laboratories since 1982 where he became its first African-American Chemist<\/b> in 1987.\u00a0In 2003 Algernon Ward Jr. became the NJDHSS\u2019 first African-American Research Scientist.<\/b><\/p>\n

In his personal life, while pursuing twin passions of acting and history,\u00a0 Algie \u00a0is a founding member of the 6th<\/sup> Regiment United States Colored Troops, Civil War Reenactors Inc., <\/b><\/i>where he is the President and 1st<\/sup> Sergeant.\u00a0The regiment expanded to include\u00a0African-American Revolutionary\u00a0War patriots where Algie portrays\u00a0both\u00a0<\/i>a soldier of \u201cThe Black Regiment\u201d the\u00a01st<\/sup>\u00a0Rhode Island\u00a0Regiment<\/b><\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Black Joe Brown\u00a0<\/i>a soldier of\u00a0Glover\u2019s Marbleheaders<\/i>.\u00a0As a Continental Militiaman,\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Algie<\/i>\u00a0can be seen in\u00a0<\/i>The History Channel<\/b>\u2019s series of\u00a0\u201cThe Tech Effect of\u00a0Washington\u00a0Crossing The\u00a0Delaware\u201d.\u00a0<\/b><\/i>In the summer and fall of 2003 Algie was the Featured Reenactor in Part Four \u2013\u00a0\u201cThe Challenge To Freedom\u201d<\/i>\u00a0<\/b>as\u00a0Senator Robert Smalls<\/i>, South Carolina\u2019s first African-American US Senator and Civil War hero, for the\u00a0PBS Mini-Series\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Slavery and The Making\u00a0<\/b><\/i>of America<\/b><\/i> aired on WNET-13 New York in November 2005.<\/p>\n

Algie\u2019s image appears in the NJDEP\u2019s \u201cOh Freedom\u201d<\/i><\/b> traveling exhibit which <\/b>highlights the fight for freedom on both sides of the Revolutionary War.<\/div>\n
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For the past 5 years in commemoration of Black History Month the 6th<\/sup> Regiment USCT presents a program entitled \u201cThree Centuries of Black Soldiers\u201d<\/i><\/b> in collaboration with Trenton\u2019s Old Barracks Museum and The Trenton Historical Society. The program exhibits the contributions of African-American military men over the entire span of American military history.\u00a0 Algie\u2019s composed an engaging presentation focused on the history of the local \u201cBlack Doughboys\u201d<\/i> of World War I, many of whom were members of the famous 369th<\/sup> \u201cHarlem Hellfighters\u201d<\/i> of the all black 93rd<\/sup> Division. His study of the regiment revealed a trove of information that could be lost in time if the reenactors of today didn\u2019t make the effort to tell their stories.<\/div>\n
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To learn more about black combat troops in WWI click: www.ebonydoughboys.org<\/a><\/div>\n
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