The double V : how wars, protest, and Harry Truman desegregated America's military /

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Author / Creator:James, Rawn.
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
Imprint:New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2013.
Description:viii, 290 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm
Language:English
Subject:Truman, Harry S., -- 1884-1972.
Truman, Harry S., -- 1884-1972 -- Political and social views.
United States. -- President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services.
United States. -- President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services.
World War (1914-1918)
World War (1939-1945)
African American soldiers.
African Americans -- Segregation.
Armed Forces -- African Americans.
Military participation -- African American.
Political and social views.
Segregation -- Law and legislation.
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.
United States.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9115340
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ISBN:9781608196081 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1608196089 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-274) and index.
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.

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