Fighting in the Jim Crow Army : Black Men and Women Remember World War II

Morehouse, Maggi M./ Isserman, Maurice (FRW)

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers（2006/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 272 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780742548053
• DDC分類 940.5408996073

Full Description

Fighting in the Jim Crow Army is filled with first-hand accounts of everyday life in 1940s America. The soldiers of the 92nd and 93rd Infantry Divisions speak of segregation in the military and racial attitudes in army facilities stateside and abroad. The individual battles of black soldiers reveal a compelling tale of discrimination, triumph, resistance, and camaraderie. What emerges from the multitude of voices is a complex and powerful story of individuals who served their country and subsequently made demands to be recognized as full-fledged citizens. Morehouse, whose father served in the 93rd Infantry Division, has built a rich historical account around personal interviews and correspondence with soldiers, National Archive documents, and military archive materials. Augmented with historical and recent photographs, Fighting in the Jim Crow Army combines individual recollections with official histories to form a vivid picture of life in the segregated Army. In the historiography of World War II very little has emerged from the perspective of the black foot soldier. Morehouse allows the participants to tell the tale of the watershed event of their participation in World War II as well as the ongoing black freedom struggle.

Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: We're in the Army Now
Chapter 2: Life on the Military Reservation
Chapter 3: Stateside
Chapter 4: The "Good Fight"
Chapter 5: Coming Home
Chapter 6: Afterword
Methods and Sources