An American dream
Subtitle: the life of an African American soldier and POW who spent twelve years in communist China
By: Clarence Adams ; edited by Della Adams and Lewis H. Carlson.
Contributors: Adams, Della, 1939-; Carlson, Lewis H.
Publisher: Amherst University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Amherst, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9781558495944
Subjects: Adams, Clarence, -- 1929-1999; Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Prisoners and prisons, American; Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography; Prisoners of war -- Korea (North) -- Biography; Prisoners of war -- China -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Clarence Cecil 'Skippy' Adams exhibited self-reliance, ambition, ingenuity, courage and a commitment to learning. Unfortuantely, for an African American coming of age in the 1930's and 1940's, such attributes counted for little, especially if he lived in the South. Clarence Adams had another strike against him. In 1953, after spending thirty-three months as a POW during the Korean War, he chose not to return to his homeland; instead he went to China, where he spent the next 12 years of his life. After returning to the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee accused him of 'disrupting the morale of the American fighting forces in Vietmnam and inciting revolution in the U.S.' Adams vigorously denied these charges, explaining: 'I went to China because I was looking for freedom, a way out of poverty, and to be treated like a human being...."--From the preface.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Skippy: the formative years; title: U.S. army combat soldier: Korea; title: Captured!; title: Turncoat?; title: University days: Beijing and Wuhan; title: Marriage and family; title: The foreign languages press, Africans, and the Vietnam broadcasts; title: Going home!; title: Recriminations; title: Bootstrapping to the American dream.