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African Americans in the Armed Forces

Tamra B. Orr
African Americans in the Armed Forces Book PDF

Author : Tamra B. Orr
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-15
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781534568518

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African Americans have fought in every major U.S. war, but even as they fought to defend their country, they also had to battle against prejudice simply because of the color of their skin. From the Buffalo Soldiers and Tuskegee Airmen of the past to today's soldiers and officers, African Americans have helped protect a country that has often failed to protect their civil rights. The bravery of these men and women is presented through detailed main text and sidebars that feature annotated quotes. Historical and contemporary images accompany the narrative and a comprehensive timeline of African American military milestones.

The Black Officer Corps

Isaac Hampton
The Black Officer Corps Book PDF

Author : Isaac Hampton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415531894

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The U.S. Armed Forces started integrating its services in 1948, and with that push, more African Americans started rising through the ranks to become officers, although the number of black officers has always been much lower than African Americans' total percentage in the military. Astonishingly, the experiences of these unknown reformers have largely gone unexamined and unreported, until now. The Black Officer Corps traces segments of the African American officers' experience from 1946-1973. From generals who served in the Pentagon and Vietnam, to enlisted servicemen and officers' wives, Isaac Hampton has conducted over seventy-five oral history interviews with African American officers. Through their voices, this book illuminates what they dealt with on a day to day basis, including cultural differences, racist attitudes, unfair promotion standards, the civil rights movement, Black Power, and the experience of being in ROTC at Historically Black Colleges. Hampton provides a nuanced study of the people whose service reshaped race relations in the U.S. Armed Forces, ending with how the military attempted to control racism with the creation of the Defense Race Relations Institute of 1971. The Black Officer Corps gives us a much fuller picture of the experience of black officers, and a place to start asking further questions.

Soldiers of Freedom

Kai Wright
Soldiers of Freedom Book PDF

Author : Kai Wright
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 1579122531

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Looks at the history of African Americans in the Armed Forces, from Crispus Attucks at the Boston Massacre to the modern military life.

The African American Soldier:

Michael L. Lanning
The African American Soldier Book PDF

Author : Michael L. Lanning
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806536606

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The African American Soldier: by Michael L. Lanning Pdf

More than five thousand blacks joined the rebel Americans in the war as soldiers, sailors, and marines; many more supported the rebellion as laborers. Their service went largely unrecognized and unrecorded. Few letters, journals, or other narratives by blacks about the Revolution exist because whites had denied most African Americans an education. White historians of the period, and for years after the war, ignored the contributions and impact of thousands of blacks participants for several reasons. First of all, prejudices were so deeply ingrained that it did not even occur to most whites of the time that blacks had played a significant role either as individuals who fought or labored or as a segment of the population that affected decisions. Prejudices also prevented some who did witness the contributions of African Americans from honestly reporting that blacks could perform equally with whites on the battlefield if given the opportunity. Others did not mention blacks because of the difficulty of explaining why the United States kept half a million men, women, and children enslaved while fighting for independence and liberty." From Defenders of Liberty, by Lt. Col. Michael Lee Lanning (Ret.)

The Right to Fight

Gerald Astor
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Author : Gerald Astor
Publisher : Presidio Press
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015045975219

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First time in paperback: An all-encompassing chronicle of African Americans' in the armed forces of the United States

African Americans in the Armed Forces

Tamra Orr
African Americans in the Armed Forces Book PDF

Author : Tamra Orr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-30
Category : African American soldiers
ISBN : 1534568492

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"Portions of this book originally appeared in Fighting for Freedom: Blacks in the American Military by Gail B. Stewart."

Strength for the Fight

Bernard C. Nalty
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Author : Bernard C. Nalty
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : United States
ISBN : 9780029224113

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Surveys the history of blacks in the armed forces from the 1600s to the 1980s.

Soul Soldiers

Samuel W. Black
Soul Soldiers Book PDF

Author : Samuel W. Black
Publisher : Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123214293

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Even as African American men and women headed to Vietnam to fight for their country and show their patriotism, they faced racism in the ranks as did their families on the home front. This stunning book, which accompanies the exhibition, Soul Soldiers: African Americans and the Vietnam Era at the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, looks at black life through the eyes of veterans during the civil rights era by bring together critical and cultural analysis, photography, memoir and oral histories that recall the horrors of war, the complexities of race and the duality of African American life in the 1960s and ơ70s. With a foreword by Albert French, author of the goundbreaking memoir Patches of Fire, this book captures the spirit of the African American experience, highlighting the literary expression of Vietnam Vets and the groundswell of black culture and consciousness in this tumultuous time.

The African American Experience in Vietnam

James E. Westheider
The African American Experience in Vietnam Book PDF

Author : James E. Westheider
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0742545326

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The African American Experience in Vietnam by James E. Westheider Pdf

In this book James E. Westheider explores the social and professional paradoxes facing African-American soldiers in Vietnam. Service in the military started as a demonstration of the merits of integration as blacks competed with whites on a near equal basis for the first time. Yet as the war in Vietnam progressed, many black recruits felt isolated and threatened in an institution controlled almost totally by whites. Consequently, many blacks no longer viewed the military as a professional opportunity, but an undue burden on the black community.

African Americans and the Pacific War, 1941–1945

Chris Dixon
African Americans and the Pacific War 1941 1945 Book PDF

Author : Chris Dixon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107112698

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African Americans and the Pacific War, 1941–1945 by Chris Dixon Pdf

Dixon provides the first comprehensive study of African American military and social experiences during the Pacific War.

The Double V

Rawn James, Jr.
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Author : Rawn James, Jr.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781608196173

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The Double V by Rawn James, Jr. Pdf

Executive Order 9981, issued by President Harry Truman on July 26, 1948, desegregated all branches of the United States military by decree. EO 9981 is often portrayed as a heroic and unexpected move by Truman. But in reality, Truman's history-making order was the culmination of more than 150 years of legal, political, and moral struggle. ?Beginning with the Revolutionary War, African Americans had used military service to do their patriotic duty and to advance the cause of civil rights. The fight for a desegregated military was truly a long war-decades of protest and labor highlighted by bravery on the fields of France, in the skies over Germany, and in the face of deep-seated racism on the military bases at home. Today, the military is one of the most truly diverse institutions in America. ?In The Double V, Rawn James, Jr.the son and grandson of African American veteransexpertly narrates the remarkable history of how the strugge for equality in the military helped give rise to their fight for equality in civilian society. Taking the reader from Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama, The Double V illuminates the African American military tradition as a metaphor for their unique and dynamic role in American history.

African Americans in the Military

Catherine Reef
African Americans in the Military Book PDF

Author : Catherine Reef
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438107752

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Throughout much of the United States's history

Taps For A Jim Crow Army

Phillip McGuire
Taps For A Jim Crow Army Book PDF

Author : Phillip McGuire
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813148991

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Many black soldiers serving in the U.S. Army during World War II hoped that they might make permanent gains as a result of their military service and their willingness to defend their country. They were soon disabused of such illusions. Taps for a Jim Crow Army is a powerful collection of letters written by black soldiers in the 1940s to various government and nongovernment officials. The soldiers expressed their disillusionment, rage, and anguish over the discrimination and segregation they experienced in the Army. Most black troops were denied entry into army specialist schools; black officers were not allowed to command white officers; black soldiers were served poorer food and were forced to ride Jim Crow military buses into town and to sit in Jim Crow base movie theaters. In the South, German POWs could use the same latrines as white American soldiers, but blacks could not. The original foreword by Benjamin Quarles, professor emeritus of history at Morgan State University, and a new foreword by Bernard C. Nalty, the chief historian in the Office of Air Force History, offer rich insights into the world of these soldiers.

African Americans in the United States Army in World War II

Bryan D. Booker
African Americans in the United States Army in World War II Book PDF

Author : Bryan D. Booker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015073863667

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African Americans in the United States Army in World War II by Bryan D. Booker Pdf

The political, economic and social landscapes of the United States in the early 1940s were split by one overriding factor--race. This volume explores the ways in which this separation extended to the military forces and the impact which that segregation had on World War II.

War! what is it Good For?

Kimberley L. Phillips
War what is it Good For Book PDF

Author : Kimberley L. Phillips
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780807835029

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War! what is it Good For? by Kimberley L. Phillips Pdf

Examines how African Americans' participation in the nation's wars after President Truman's order to intergrate the military, and their protracted struggles for equal citizenship, galvanized the antiwar activism that reshaped their struggles for freedom.