Taps for a Jim Crow army : letters from black soldiers in World War II / Phillip McGuire ; with a foreword by Benjamin Quarles.

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.
General noteIncludes index.
Bibliography noteBibliography: p. 263.
Digital Bookplate Bookplate for Gene and Susan Roberts
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare copy gift of Gene and Susan Roberts, 2016.
LCCN 82022689
ISBN0874360242
ISBN0874360412 (pbk.)

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