A soldier's life a Black woman's rise from Army brat to Six Triple Eight champion
"A memoir of one woman's extraordinary personal journey in the US military and her work to honor her predecessors with the Congressional Gold Medal. Chronicling Cummings's unlikely but successful path to leadership roles in the US Army and afterward, this book also tells the story of the 6888th Cent...
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| Language: | English |
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Charlottesville ; London :
University of Virginia Press,
2025.
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| Series: | The Black soldier in war and society
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Table of Contents:
- A 10 Percent Chance
- Them "Cotton Picking" Wars
- Hippie Murderers and Strawberry Milkshakes
- From a Student on the Mountaintop to a Soldier in Lower Alabama
- The Land of the Morning Calm
- Less Than a 5 Percent Chance
- Melted Banana Popsicle
- Bringing down the Gavel
- A Black Bean and the Parkway Patriot
- A 3 Percent Chance
- Colonel "Edna" Meets Major Charity "Edna" Adams and the 6888th
- From a Moment to a Movement
- Advocacy during Lockdown
- Unrecognized Civil Rights Pioneers
- World War II Black Women: Hidden Herstories of Intelligence, Patriotism, and Resilience
- Final Thoughts: Breaking Barriers and Cracking Armor.
