Taps for a Jim Crow Army: Letters from Black Soldiers in World War II

by Phillip McGuire

Book Overview

Many black soldiers serving in the U.S. Army during World War II hoped that they might make permanent gains as a result of their military service and their willingness to defend their country. They were soon disabused of such illusions. Taps for a Jim Crow Army is a powerful collection of letters written by black soldiers in the 1940s to various government and nongovernment officials. The soldiers expressed their disillusionment, rage, and anguish...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813108225
• ISBN13: 9780813108223
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher