Taps for a Jim Crow Army
Subtitle: Letters from Black Soldiers in World War II
Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky
Published: October 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780813118512
Subjects: Biography: general; Black studies; World history: Second World War; United States; Military History - World War II; History; World War, 1939-1945; Blacks In The Military; Participation, African American; History - Military / War; Military - United States; History: American; Military - General; African American Studies - History; African American soldiers; Participation, African America; Racism; Sources; 20th century; Army; Correspondence
First sentence: Under the Selective Service Act of 1940, Uncle Sam's black boys registered for the armed forces in record numbers.