The African American Experience During World War II
- ISBN-10
- 1442210311
- ISBN-13
- 9781442210318
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 200
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-09-22
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Pub Incorporated
- Author
- Neil A. Wynn
Description
Synopsis: World War II was crucial in the development of the emerging Civil Rights movement, whether through the economic and social impact of the war, or through demands for equality in the military. This period was characterized by an intense transformation of black hopes and expectations, encouraged by real socio-economic shifts and departures in federal policy. During the war, black self consciousness found powerful expression in new movements such as the "Double V" campaign that linked the fight for democracy at home for the fight for democracy abroad. A half century after the war, this volume presents a much-needed, up-to-date, short and readable interpretation of existing scholarship on the era and its issues. Drawing on more than thirty years of teaching and research, Dr. Wynn pulls together primary sources and locates the war years within the long-term developments of the twentieth century.
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