The double V : how wars, protest, and Harry Truman desegregated America's military /
James, Rawn.
New York ; London : Bloomsbury Press,
2013.
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-274) and index.
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.
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
United States. President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services.
Segregation
African American soldiers
African Americans
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945