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Half American the epic story of African Americans fighting World War II at home and abroad

"The definitive history of World War II from the African American perspective, written by civil rights expert and Dartmouth history professor Matthew Delmont. Over one million Black men and women served in World War II. Black troops were at Normandy, Iwo Jima, and the Battle of the Bulge, servi...

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Main Author: Delmont, Matthew F. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: [New York, New York] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2022]
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, African American.
World War, 1939-1945 > African Americans.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > United States.
African American soldiers > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Race discrimination > United States > History > 20th century.
Racism > United States > History > 20th century.
Racism against Black people > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Armed Forces > African Americans > History > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Black Americans fighting fascism in Spain
  • Fighting for a chance to fight
  • March on Washington
  • At war down south
  • Remember Pearl Harbor, remember Sikeston too
  • Double victory
  • Dirty work in distant lands
  • Tuskegee takes flight
  • War work
  • Riot
  • Combat
  • Civil rights battlefronts at home
  • Mutiny
  • D-Day and the miracle of supply
  • Victory in Europe
  • Victory in the Pacific
  • Homecoming
  • We return fighting.

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