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06268cam a2200877 i 4500 001 6A4E86062A1811EF969C42E545ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240614013622 008 220309t20222022nyu e b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022010535 020 $a 198488039X 020 $a 9781984880390 035 $a (OCoLC)1289239822 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCO $d UKMGB $d AZH $d LJW $d CLE $d RNL $d TOH $d CGB $d YDX $d VP@ $d YEQ $d YUS $d YDM $d TXSCH $d UBY $d XII $d GYG $d CTU $d LVF $d OCLCO $d GUA $d DVP $d JYJ $d AC# $d OCLCO $d OCLCL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a D810.B53 $b D45 2022 082 00 $a 940.54/03 $2 23/eng/20220328 084 $a AAC $q DE-7 $2 fid 100 1 $a Delmont, Matthew F., $e author. $4 aut 245 10 $a Half American : $b the epic story of African Americans fighting World War II at home and abroad / $c Matthew F. Delmont. 246 30 $a Epic story of African Americans fighting World War II at home and abroad 264 1 $a [New York, New York] : $b Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, $c [2022] 300 $a xxi, 374 pages ; $c 24 cm 500 $a Place of publication taken from publisher's website. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-357) and index. 505 00 $t We return fighting. $t Fighting for a chance to fight -- $t March on Washington -- $t At war down south -- $t Remember Pearl Harbor, remember Sikeston too -- $t Double victory -- $t Dirty work in distant lands -- $t Tuskegee takes flight -- $t War work -- $t Riot -- $t Combat -- $t Civil rights battlefronts at home -- $t Mutiny -- $t D-Day and the miracle of supply -- $t Victory in Europe -- $t Victory in the Pacific -- $t Homecoming -- $t We return fighting. 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, Iwo Jima, 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"--Publisher's description. 530 $a Also issued online. 586 $a Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction, 2023 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Participation, African American. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x African Americans. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Social aspects $z United States. 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. 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. 650 0 $a Racism against Black people $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x History $x History $y 20th century. 650 6 $a Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 $x Noirs ameÌricains. 650 6 $a Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 $x Aspect social $z EÌtats-Unis. 651 6 $a EÌtats-Unis $x Histoire $x Noirs ameÌricains $x Histoire $y 20e sieÌcle. 650 6 $a Militaires noirs ameÌricains $x Histoire $y 20e sieÌcle. 650 6 $a Noirs ameÌricains $x Histoire $x Histoire $y 20e sieÌcle. 650 6 $a Racisme $z EÌtats-Unis $x Histoire $y 20e sieÌcle. 651 6 $a EÌtats-Unis $x Histoire $x Histoire $y 20e sieÌcle. 650 6 $a Racisme aÌ l'eÌgard des personnes noires $z EÌtats-Unis $x Histoire $y 20e sieÌcle. 650 7 $a HISTORY / World. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a African American soldiers $2 fast 650 7 $a African Americans $2 fast 650 7 $a African Americans $x Civil rights $2 fast 650 7 $a Armed Forces $x African Americans $2 fast 650 7 $a Military participation $x African American $2 fast 650 7 $a Race discrimination $2 fast 650 7 $a Race relations $2 fast 650 7 $a Racism $2 fast 650 7 $a Racism against Black people $2 fast 650 7 $a Social aspects $2 fast 651 7 $a United States $2 fast 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 650 7 $a World War, 1939-1945. $2 sears 650 7 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x African Americans. $2 sears 650 7 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Social aspects. $2 sears 650 7 $a African Americans $x Civil rights. $2 sears 650 7 $a Race discrimination $z United States. $2 sears 650 7 $a Racism $z United States. $2 sears 651 7 $a United States $x Armed forces. $2 sears 651 7 $a United States $x Race relations. $2 sears 655 7 $a History $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 lcgft 776 08 $i Online version: $a Delmont, Matthew F. $t Half American $d [New York] : Viking, [2022] $z 9781984880406 $w (DLC) 2022010536 941 $a 1 $n 1 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20240614081234.0 $n 12 $p +2 LP 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6A4E86062A1811EF969C42E545ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOZInitiate Another SILO Locator Search