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Taps for a Jim Crow army letters from black soldiers in World War II / Phillip McGuire, editor ; with forewords by Benjamin Quarles and Bernard Nalty. - Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, (c)1993. - 1 online resource.

Originally published: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-Clio, 1983.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Chapter 1: Uncle Sam's Boys -- Chapter 2: The dilemma of the black officer -- Chapter 3: Laborers in uniform -- Chapter 4: Illusions of democracy -- Chapter 5: Biased white officers -- Chapter 6: Appeals to the White House -- Chapter 7: Cruel and usual punishment -- Chapter 8: Northern racism -- Chapter 9: The dreaded South -- Chapter 10: Working with pain -- Chapter 11: Jim Crow goes abroad.

WORLD WAR, 1939-1945--PARTICIPATION, AFRICAN AMERICAN--SOURCES, RACISM--US--HISTORY--20TH CENTURY--SOURCES.



ISBN: 9780813148991

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Army --African American troops--History--Sources.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American--Sources.
Racism--History--United States--20th century--Sources.
African American soldiers--Correspondence.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic Books.

LC Class. No.: D810 / .T377 1993