Nominated for a Midwest Emmy® and Peter Lisagor Award, Fighting on Both Fronts premiered on WTTW (PBS, Chicago) on Veterans Day, 2017, and aired on 150 Public Television channels.

This is the remarkable, but little known, story of one of the few African-American regiments to have fought in combat during World War I. They were America's unsung heroes—a group of men from Illinois, largely from Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. They fought on two fronts—the war against the Germans and the war against racism and inequality at home.

During a period when African‐Americans tirelessly fought for basic human and civil rights, these fighting soldiers marched off to war to show their patriotism and loyalty to the United States. But when they returned from war, they realized that, despite their sacrifices, the country still denied them civil rights.

Writer and Director: Mario Tharpe

Executive Producers: Dan Soles and Bob Hercules