Black veterans, politics, and civil rights in twentieth-century America : closing ranks /

This collection examines the lives of African American soldiers and the sociopolitical world they constructed upon returning to the United States. The experiences analyzed in this volume provide a useful backdrop for understanding the complex relationship between race, war and politics in the United...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Jefferson, Robert F., 1963- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]
Series:	War and society in modern America.
Subjects:	African American veterans > History > 20th century. African American veterans > Political activity. African American veterans > Social conditions > 20th century. Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century. African American soldiers > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

We never get to be men: Big Bill Broonzy, black consciousness, and WWI's returning black veterans / Kevin Greene
Frames refocused: blinded black and white ex-GIs and the social re-orientation of self in World War Two America / Robert F. Jefferson, Jr
Have gun, will travel: the deacons for defense and justice, armed self defense and the long Black Power movement / Selika M. Ducksworth-Lawton
The military no more: Vietnam, civil rights, and attitudes toward change / Jeremy P. Maxwell
African American leadership's tug of war with black military service members: rhetorical situation strategies in the face of the Persian Gulf War / Elizabeth Desnoyers-Colas
Afterword: how to place these fine essays into larger contexts / Peter Karsten.