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Taps for a Jim Crow army : letters from black soldiers in World War II / Phillip McGuire, editor ; with forewords by Benjamin Quarles and Bernard Nalty.

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WORLD WAR, 1939-1945--PARTICIPATION, AFRICAN AMERICAN--SOURCES, RACISM--US--HISTORY--20TH CENTURY--SOURCES.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors:	McGuire, Phillip, 1944-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1993.
Subjects:	United States. > Army > African American troops > History > Sources. World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, African American > Sources. Racism > United States > History > 20th century > Sources. African American soldiers > Correspondence. United States. > Army. Armed Forces > African American troops African American soldiers. Military participation > African American. Racism. United States. History. Personal correspondence. Sources.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Uncle Sam's Boys
Chapter 2: The dilemma of the black officer
Chapter 3: Laborers in uniform
Chapter 4: Illusions of democracy
Chapter 5: Biased white officers
Chapter 6: Appeals to the White House
Chapter 7: Cruel and usual punishment
Chapter 8: Northern racism
Chapter 9: The dreaded South
Chapter 10: Working with pain
Chapter 11: Jim Crow goes abroad.