The double V : how wars, protest, and Harry Truman desegregated America's military
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The double V : how wars, protest, and Harry Truman desegregated America's military
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Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Description:
viii, 290 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Summary:
Traces the legal, political, and moral campaign for equality that led to Harry Truman's 1948 desegregation of the U.S. military, documenting the contributions of black troops since the Revolutionary War and their efforts to counter racism on the fields and on military bases.
Contents:
The cause of liberty -- The first to come and the last to leave -- The only real neutral -- Report to God the reason why -- Tragedy and triumph : Houston and Des Moines -- The travels of Emmett J. Scott and the travails of Colonel Charles Young -- Franceby way of Carolina -- The lost children -- Disillusioned by Armistice -- Old draft in a new day -- Politics unusual -- Follow the gleam -- Some minor county office -- Thundering resentment in the voice of God -- The U.S.S. Miller -- The double v -- Harvest of disorder : the Army -- The Army Air Corps -- "Entitled to a showdown" : the Navy Under Secretary Frank Knox and the Truman committee -- The Navy under Secretary Forrestal and the Marine Corps -- From senator to vice-president to president in 100 days -- V-day deferred -- The Noah's ark committee -- The blinding of Isaac Woodard and the signing of Executive Order 9981 -- Freedom to serve -- The museum mirror.
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Publication Information:
New York : Bloomsbury Press, c2013.
Subject:
| Segregation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century. |
| African American soldiers -- History -- 20th century. |
| African Americans -- Segregation -- History -- 20th century. |
| World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, African American. |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American. |
| United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans -- History -- 20th century. |
| Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 -- Political and social views. |
| United States. President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services |
| Truman, Harry S., Pres. U.S., 1884-1972 |
| Truman, Harry, 1884-1972 |
| Trumėn, G., 1884-1972 |
| Dulumen, 1884-1972 |
| Trouman, Charry S., 1884-1972 |
| טרומאן, הארי ס., 1884-1972 |
| Truman, H. (Harry), 1884-1972 |
| Fahy Committee |
| African American military personnel |
| Afro-American soldiers |
| Negro soldiers |
| Negroes as soldiers |
| Soldiers, African American |
| United States. Army -- African Americans |
| Jim Crowism |
| European War, 1914-1918 |
| First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Great War, 1914-1918 |
| World War 1, 1914-1918 |
| World War I, 1914-1918 |
| World War One, 1914-1918 |
| WW I (World War, 1914-1918) |
| WWI (World War, 1914-1918) |
| European War, 1939-1945 |
| Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| World War 2, 1939-1945 |
| World War II, 1939-1945 |
| World War Two, 1939-1945 |
| WW II (World War, 1939-1945) |
| WWII (World War, 1939-1945) |
| African Americans in military service |
| African Americans in the Armed Forces |
| United States -- Armed Forces -- Afro-Americans |
| United States -- Armed Forces -- Negroes |
SAILS ISBN:
9781608196081