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Deeds, Not Words: African American Officers Of World War I In The Battle For Racial Equality, Adam Patrick Wilson
Deeds, Not Words: African American Officers Of World War I In The Battle For Racial Equality, Adam Patrick Wilson
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This dissertation investigates the relatively untold story of the black officers of the Seventeenth Provisional Training Regiment, the first class of African Americans to receive officer training. In particular, this research examines the creation of the segregated Army officer training camp, these men's training and wartime experiences during World War I, and their post-war contributions fighting discrimination and injustice. These officers returned to America disillusioned with the nation's progress towards civil rights. Their leadership roles in the military translated into leadership roles in the post-war civil rights movement. Through their efforts, foundations for the modern Civil Rights movement were created. …
There Is No Dishonor In Desertion: Army Racial Intolerance And African-American Soldiers' Desertion, Steve Wallace
There Is No Dishonor In Desertion: Army Racial Intolerance And African-American Soldiers' Desertion, Steve Wallace
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The thesis focuses on a study concerning the desertion of African-American soldiers from the United States Army. The data were collected from the period covering the War of Independence to the mid-1960s of the Cold War. The study proposes that there are limits to which these soldiers cannot bear the burden of combat and the simultaneous fight against institutionalized racism. Some men endured their circumstances in spite of pervasive intolerance, but others simply could not make sense of the inconsistencies of their government's requirement for them to fight yet deny them basic human rights. The men believed they had the …