Fighting for hope : African American troops of the 93rd Infantry Division in World War II and postwar America / Robert F. Jefferson.
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TextSeries: War, society, culturePublisher: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008Description: 1 online resource (350 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781421403090 (e-book)
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 93rd
- United States. Army -- African American troops
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Oceania
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- United States -- Social conditions
- African American soldiers -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964
- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- 940.54/03 22
- D810.N4 J44 2008
Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-307) and index.
The Great Depression and African American youth culture -- Why should I fight? Black morale and War Department racial policy -- Of sage and sand : Fort Huachuca and the U.S. 93rd Infantry Division -- Service families on the move -- War maneuvers and Black division personnel -- War, race, and rumor under the Southern Cross -- Relative security in the southwest Pacific -- Epilogue: Black 93rd Division veterans and former service families after World War II.
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