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Author Delmont, Matthew F.
Title Half American : the epic story of African Americans fighting World War II at home and abroad / Matthew F. Delmont.
Publication Info. [New York, New York] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2022]
©2022
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 Stack 2  940.5403 D    IN LIBRARY
Description xxi, 374 pages ; 24 cm
Note Place of publication taken from publisher's website.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-357) and index.
Contents Black Americans fighting fascism in Spain -- Fighting for a chance to fight -- March on Washington -- At war down south -- Remember Pearl Harbor, remember Sikeston too -- Double victory -- Dirty work in distant lands -- Tuskegee takes flight -- War work -- Combat -- Civil rights battlefronts at home -- Mutiny -- D-Day and the miracle of supply -- Victory in Europe -- Victory in the Pacific -- Homecoming -- We return fighting.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- United States.
United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans -- History -- 20th century.
African American soldiers -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Racism against Black people -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Added Title Epic story of African Americans fighting World War II at home and abroad
ISBN 9781984880390 hardcover
198488039X hardcover
9781984880406 electronic book


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