The double V : how wars, protest, and Harry Truman desegregated America's military /: how wars, protest, and Harry Truman desegregated America's military. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rawn James.
• Other Names: James, Rawn
• Contents: The cause of liberty -- The first to come and the last to leave -- The only real neutral -- Report to God the reason why -- Tragedy and triumph : Houston and Des Moines -- The travels of Emmett J. Scott and the travails of Colonel Charles Young -- France by way of Carolina -- The lost children -- Disillusioned by Armistice -- Old draft in a new day -- Politics unusual -- Follow the gleam -- Some minor county office -- Thundering resentment in the voice of God -- The U.S.S. Miller -- The double v -- Harvest of disorder : the Army -- The Army Air Corps -- "Entitled to a showdown" : the Navy Under Secretary Frank Knox and the Truman committee -- The Navy and Marine Corps under Secretary Forrestal -- From senator to vice-president to president in 100 days -- V-day deferred -- The Noah's ark committee -- The blinding of Isaac Woodard and the signing of Executive Order 9981 -- Freedom to serve -- The museum and the mirror.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 290 pages, [8] pages of plates), illustrations
• Subjects: 355.0089/96073; History -- United States -- 20th Century; Segregation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century; African American soldiers -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Segregation -- History -- 20th century; World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, African American; World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American; African American soldiers; African Americans -- Segregation; Armed Forces -- African Americans; Military participation -- African American; Political and social views; Segregation -- Law and legislation; Political Science -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights; Social Science -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies; History of the Americas; United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans -- History -- 20th century; United States; Electronic books; History; Political and social views
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781608196173; 1608196178
• Related ISBNs: 9781608196081; 1608196089
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-274) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.