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The Bonus Army : an American epic /

In the Depression summer of 1932, some 45,000 veterans of World War I descended on Washington to demand the bonus promised them eight years earlier for their wartime service. They lived in shantytowns, white and black together, protested and rallied for their cause. Roy Wilkins saw the model for rac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dickson, Paul
Other Authors: Allen, Thomas B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Walker & Co., 2005.
Subjects:
Bonus Expeditionary Forces.
World War, 1914-1918 > Veterans > Washington (D.C.)
Protest movements > Washington (D.C.) > History > 20th century.
Washington (D.C.) > History > 20th century.
Veterans > United States > Political activity > History > 20th century.
Veterans > United States > Economic conditions > 20th century.

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