The African American Soldier:: From Crispus Attucks to Colin PowellKensington Publishing Corp., 2012 M08 24 - 320 páginas More than five thousand blacks joined the rebel Americans in the war as soldiers, sailors, and marines; many more supported the rebellion as laborers. Their service went largely unrecognized and unrecorded. Few letters, journals, or other narratives by blacks about the Revolution exist because whites had denied most African Americans an education. White historians of the period, and for years after the war, ignored the contributions and impact of thousands of blacks participants for several reasons. First of all, prejudices were so deeply ingrained that it did not even occur to most whites of the time that blacks had played a significant role either as individuals who fought or labored or as a segment of the population that affected decisions. Prejudices also prevented some who did witness the contributions of African Americans from honestly reporting that blacks could perform equally with whites on the battlefield if given the opportunity. Others did not mention blacks because of the difficulty of explaining why the United States kept half a million men, women, and children enslaved while fighting for independence and liberty." From Defenders of Liberty, by Lt. Col. Michael Lee Lanning (Ret.) |
Contenido
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The American Civil War | 24 |
Reconstruction and the Indian Wars | 56 |
The SpanishAmerican War Cuba and the Philippines | 76 |
The Battles of Peace Brownsville and the Great White Fleet | 95 |
Prelude to World War Mexico and Houston | 110 |
The Great War World War I | 123 |
World War II Navy and Marine Corps | 192 |
Executive Order 9981 Before and After | 208 |
The Korean War Integration Under Fire | 219 |
The Fifties An Integrated Military in a Segregated America | 235 |
Vietnam The Only War We Had | 244 |
After Vietnam Unrest and the Advance of Equality | 264 |
United Defenders Today and Tomorrow | 275 |
TwentyFirst Century The War On Terrorism | 287 |
Between the Wars The Struggle Continues | 143 |
World War I Army | 154 |
World War II Army Air Force | 182 |
Bibliography | 297 |
Index | 305 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The African-American Soldier: From Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell Michael Lee Lanning Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
The African-American Soldier: From Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell Michael Lee Lanning Vista de fragmentos - 1997 |
African-American Soldier: Form Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell Michael Lee Lanning Sin vista previa disponible - 1999 |
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