Taps for a Jim Crow Army
Subtitle: Letters from Black Soldiers in World War II
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: October 1993
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780813108223
Subjects: American history; Participation, African American; History - Military / War; Correspondence; Sources; Participation, African America; History: American; USA; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Military - United States; Military - World War II; Army; Racism; United States; World War, 1939-1945; 20th century; African American soldiers; History
First sentence: Under the Selective Service Act of 1940, Uncle Sam's black boys registered for the armed forces in record numbers.