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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references.
• The origins of the Negro military officer — Black ideological influences of the 1960s, civil rights, Black power, and military service — Historically Black colleges and the reserve — Officer training corps (ROTC) — Inequities in the officer promotion system — The Butler report — Analysis and interpretation of the Butler report — Racial tension — Addressing racial tension and the role of the Defense Race Relations Institute (DRRI) — Anatomy of the African American enlisted soldier — The role and significance of African American officers wives — Epilogue.

Subjects:

• United States — Armed Forces — African American officers — History — 20th century.
• African American soldiers — History — 20th century.
• United States.
• United States — Race relations — History — 20th century.
• African Americans — Civil rights — History — 20th century.

Requested by Green, B

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Part of the series The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture;John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Where are the Negro soldiers? The Double V Campaign and the segregated military — Jim Crow shock and the second front, 1945-1950 — Glory on the battlefield: the Korean war, Cold War civil rights, and the paradox of Black military service — Did the battlefield kill Jim Crow? Black freedom struggles, the Korean War, and the Cold War military — Machine gun blues: Black America and the Vietnam War — Sing no more of war: Black freedom struggles and antiwar activism, 1960-1973 — An epilogue about the United States and wars in medias res. Live from the front lines: military policy and soldiers’ rap from iraq.

Subjects:

• African American soldiers — History — 20th century.
• United States — Armed Forces — African Americans — History — 20th century.
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 — African Americans.
• African Americans — Civil rights — History — 20th century.
• Civil rights movements — United States — History — 20th century.
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 — Protest movements — United States.
• War and society — United States — History — 20th century.

Requested by Lansing, M.