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05361aam a22009138i 4500 001 CC7242CC1D2811EDA31652FF20ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220816010056 008 220309s2022 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022010535 020 $a 198488039X 020 $a 9781984880390 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a D810.B53 $b D45 2022 082 00 $2 23/eng/20220328 100 1 $a Delmont, Matthew F., $e author. 245 10 $a HALF AMERICAN : $b THE EPIC STORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS FIGHTING WORLD WAR II AT HOME AND ABROAD / $c Matthew Delmont. 246 30 $a Epic story of African Americans fighting World War II at home and abroad 263 $a 2210 264 1 $a [New York] : $b Viking, $c [2022] 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "The definitive history of World War II from the African American perspective, written by civil rights expert and Dartmouth history professor Matthew Delmont. Over one million Black men and women served in World War II. Black troops were at Normandy, IwoJima, and the Battle of the Bulge, serving in segregated units and performing unheralded but vital support jobs, only to be denied housing and educational opportunities on their return home. Without their crucial contributions to the war effort, the United States could not have won the war. And yet the stories of these Black veterans have long been ignored, cast aside in favor of the myth of the "Good War" fought by the "Greatest Generation." Half American is American history as you've likely never read it before. In these pages are stories of Black heroes such as Thurgood Marshall, the chief lawyer for the NAACP, who investigated and publicized violence against Black troops and veterans; Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., leader of the Tuskegee Airmen, who was at the forefront of the years-long fight to open the Air Force to Black pilots; Ella Baker, the civil rights leader who advocated on the home front for Black soldiers, veterans, and their families; James Thompson, the 26-year-old whose letter to a newspaper laying bare the hypocrisy of fighting against fascism abroad when racism still reigned at home set in motion the Double Victory campaign; and poet Langston Hughes, who worked as a war correspondent for the Black press. Their bravery and patriotism in the face of unfathomable racism is both inspiring and galvanizing. In a time when the questions World War II raised regarding race and democracy in America remain troublingly relevant and still unanswered, this meticulously researched retelling makes for urgently necessary reading"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Participation, African American. $9 80884 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x African Americans. $9 77395 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Social aspects $z United States. $9 90497 651 0 $a United States $x History $x African Americans $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a African American soldiers $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a African Americans $x History $x History $y 20th century. $9 84861 650 0 $a Race discrimination $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Racism $z United States $x History $y 20th century. $9 89299 651 0 $a United States $x History $x History $y 20th century. $9 88262 776 08 $i Online version: 776 08 $a Delmont, Matthew F. $t Half American $d [New York] : Viking, [2022] $z 9781984880406 $w (DLC) 2022010536 941 $a 43 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509013011.0 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417020228.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409043213.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314024430.0 952 $l CJPC482 $d 20240202014929.0 952 $l CZPD706 $d 20240201010052.0 952 $l BRPD251 $d 20240119020613.0 952 $l SMPE094 $d 20240104021407.0 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214031736.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20231206014205.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20231024012250.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20231021031928.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010030607.0 952 $l VXPE964 $d 20230922010613.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20230725010756.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230708011328.0 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20230629015237.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20230616010115.0 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20230602010105.0 952 $l SPPE104 $d 20230523050614.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20230512010722.0 952 $l FJPC224 $d 20230404012317.0 952 $l BJPD251 $d 20230329010323.0 952 $l WWPC305 $d 20230303010812.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20230302012147.0 952 $l BNPD611 $d 20230218010225.0 952 $l UJPE911 $d 20230124012243.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20230124012107.0 952 $l YAPC771 $d 20221231011544.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20221208011744.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20221208011647.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20221207011011.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20221202011235.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20221123010125.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20221116010334.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20221111010108.0 952 $l XBPE737 $d 20221103013744.0 952 $l SCPC074 $d 20221102013353.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20221102011241.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20221102010423.0 952 $l CYPF706 $d 20221102010123.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20221022011749.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220816010217.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CC7242CC1D2811EDA31652FF20ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search