The double V : how wars, protest, and Harry Truman desegregated America's military / Rawn James.
2013
KF7268.A34 J36 2013 (Mapit)
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Title
The double V : how wars, protest, and Harry Truman desegregated America's military / Rawn James.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Imprint
New York : Bloomsbury Press, [2013]
Copyright
©2013
Description
viii, 290 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Formatted Contents Note
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
France by 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 and Marine Corps under Secretary Forrestal
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 and the mirror.
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
France by 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 and Marine Corps under Secretary Forrestal
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 and the mirror.
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-274) and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KF7268.A34 J36 2013
Language
English
ISBN
9781608196081 hardback alkaline paper
1608196089 hardback alkaline paper
1608196089 hardback alkaline paper
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