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By studying military enrollment and conflict, this book traces the story of the African American quest for freedom and liberty from the days of the Revolutionary War to the 21st Century.



It follows the earliest struggle for liberty from slavery,when some 200,000 African American slaves and freemen fought on both sides in return for the promise of freedom. Some, but pitifully few, did achieve their freedom, though most returned to the lot that had been dealt to them by their owners and the abolition of slavery did not give them equality. The Spanish American War was followed twenty years later by the "GreatWar" - the war to endall wars, where over three hundred African American soldiers were awarded the Croix deGuerre, France's highest award for valor, yet only one was awarded the Medal of Honor by the United States - seventy-three years after his death on the battlefield. World War II brought the first-ever all-black-crewed fighter squadron, the 99th, followed by the 332nd Fighter Group, the most highly decorated group of men in their theaters of war. These men were also the catalyst of political action to bring desegregation to the Armed Forces, by means of President Harry Truman's Executive Order 9981, which preceded the Civil Rights Act by twenty years. Since President Lyndon Johnson's signing of the Civil Rights Act into law, we have seen sometimes great, but faltering, steps forward. African Americans have finally risen to the top in their chosen careers - four-star generals, astronauts and ultimatelyan African American President. This book is that story.

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Tuskegee Airmen

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The history of 332nd fighter group only segregated fighter group that served in combat during the second world war during the second world war the tuskegee airmen had not one but two enemies to overcome the german luftwaffe and jim crow in this book the inspiring history of these men is recou Uiterlijk 21 november in huis .. MEER INFO

The Tuskegee Airmen

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Many documentaries articles museum exhibits books and movies have now treated the subject of the tuskegee airmen the only black american military pilots in world war ii most of these works have focused on their training and their subsequent accomplishments during combat this publication goes Uiterlijk 21 november in huis .. MEER INFO

Battle Zone Normandy: Orne Bridgehead

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This key title in the acclaimed battle zone normandy series provides a gripping account of how lightly armed but highly motivated brtish troops sought to overcome an enemy desperate to unhinge the allied invasion 6th british airborne division s attacks on pegasus bridge and the merville battery a Uiterlijk 14 november in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 18 april 2013

Aantal pagina's: 304

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: David Styles

Hoofduitgeverij: Dalton Watson Fine Books

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 22 mm

Product hoogte: 3 mm

Product lengte: 24 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 218 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 240 mm

Verpakking lengte: 32 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 1137 g

EAN: 9781854432582

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