Soul Soldiers
Subtitle: African Americans and the Vietnam Era
Contributors: Albert French (Foreword); Samuel W. Black (Editor)
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: October 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780936340159
Subjects: Middle East - General; Military - Vietnam War; History - Military / War
Description: Even as African American men and women headed to Vietnam to fight for their country and show their patriotism, they faced racism in the ranks as did their families on the home front. This stunning book, which accompanies the exhibition, Soul Soldiers: African Americans and the Vietnam Era at the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, looks at black life through the eyes of veterans during the civil rights era by bring together critical and cultural analysis, photography, memoir and oral histories that recall the horrors of war, the complexities of race and the duality of African American life in the 1960s and ʼ70s. With a foreword by Albert French, author of the goundbreaking memoir Patches of Fire, this book captures the spirit of the African American experience, highlighting the literary expression of Vietnam Vets and the groundswell of black culture and consciousness in this tumultuous time.