Black fighting men
Subtitle: a proud history
By: Catherine Reef
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: African-American soldiers
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780805031065
Subjects: Soldiers; Military History; Armed Forces; Juvenile literature; Biography; African Americans
Description: Profiles African-American soldiers--who have had to battle both racial prejudice and foreign foes while defending their country--from colonial times to the present.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 80) and index.
Table of contents: title: Revolutionary War: Crispus Attucks; title: War of 1812: Jordan B. Noble; title: Civil War: Robert Smalls, William Carney; title: Indian Wars/The Spanish-American War: Augustus Wally; title: World War I: Henry Johnson, Freddie Stowers; title: World War II: Benjamin Davis, Sr., Dorie Miller, Ruben Rivers; title: Korean War: William Thompson; title: Vietnam War: Lawrence Joel, Fred V. Cherry; title: Persian Gulf War: Lonnie Davis.