Segregated Soldiers
Subtitle: Military Training at Historically Black Colleges in the Jim Crow South
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780807151761
Subjects: Military education; African american soldiers; African american universities and colleges; African americans, education; Segregation in education; United states, armed forces, african americans; United states, race relations
Description: " ... Investigates military training programs at historically black colleges and universities, and demonstrates their importance to the struggle for civil rights. Examining African Americans' attitudes toward service in the armed forces, Cox focuses on the ways in which black higher education and Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs worked together to advance full citizenship rights for African Americans"--Jacket, page [2].