The Black soldier: from the American Revolution to Vietnam.
By: Edited by  Jay David and Elaine Crane.
Contributors: Crane, Elaine Forman, joint comp.
Publisher: Morrow
Published: 1971
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: African American soldiers -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: The personal narratives of nineteen black individuals reveal the racial prejudice experienced by Negro Americans while fighting for their country.
Table of contents: title: Marching song of the First Arkansas, by L. Miller.; title: From The narrative of James Roberts, soldier in the Revolutionary War, by J. Roberts.; title: From The trial record of Denmark Vesey.; title: From Proud shoes, by P. Murray.; title: Men of color, to arms, by F. Douglass.; title: From Army life in a Black regiment, by T. W. Higginson.; title: The abduction of the planter, by B. Quarles.; title: A soldier's  plea for equal pay, by J. H. Gooding.; title: From The Buffalo soldiers: a narrative of the Negro cavalry in the West, by W. Leckie.; title: From The Colored regulars in the United States Army, by T. G. Steward.; title: From Harlem to the Rhine, by A. Little.; title: From Yes I can, by S. Davis, Jr.; title: From A choice of weapons, by G. Parks.; title: From Ebony brass, by J. Johnson.; title: From This is my country too, by J. A. Williams.; title: Armed defense, an interview with  C. R. Sims.; title: From G.I. diary, by D. Parks.; title: When the Black G.I. comes home from Vietnam, by S. Stern.; title: From Dakto to Detroit: death of a troubled hero, by J. Nordheimer.