The Air Force integrates, 1945-1964
By: Alan L. Gropman.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Smithsonian history of aviation series
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: United States. Air Force -- Afro-Americans -- History; Sociology, Military -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Race relations
Description: Details of a 1945 protest at Freeman Field, Indiana, precede a study based on unpublished records that show how Air Force integration proceeded from then through the administrations of Presidents Truman and Kennedy. A preface addresses the changes in the last two decades.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-230) and index.
Originally published: Washington, D.C. : Office of Air Force History, 1978.