Fighting for Hope : African American Troops of the 93rd Infantry Division in World War II and Postwar America
This fascinating history shows how African-American military men and women seized their dignity through barracks culture and community politics during and after World War II.Drawing on oral testimony, unpublished correspondence, archival records, memoirs, and diaries, Robert F. Jefferson explores th...
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