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Fighting for democracy : Black veterans and the struggle against white supremacy in the postwar South Cover Image

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Fighting for democracy : Black veterans and the struggle against white supremacy in the postwar South

Parker, Christopher S. 1963- (Author).

Summary: Fighting for Democracy shows how the experiences of African American soldiers during World War II and the Korean War influenced many of them to challenge white supremacy in the South when they returned home. Focusing on the motivations of individual black veterans, this groundbreaking book explores the relationship between military service and political activism. Christopher Parker draws on unique sources of evidence, including interviews and survey data, to illustrate how and why black servicemen who fought for their country in wartime returned to America prepared to fight for their own equal.

Record details

ISBN: 6612303786
ISBN: 9786612303784
ISBN: 9781400831029
ISBN: 1400831024
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 266 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-254) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. War, Military Service, and the Prospect for Change: A Glance at History; 2. Military Service and Resistance: Toward a Theory of Black Republicanism; 3. Taking the Crooked with the Straight: The Pros and Cons of African American Military Experience during the1940s and '50s; 4. When Jim Crow Meets Uncle Sam: The Veteran Returns to Dixie; 5. Exploring the Attitudinal Consequences of African American Military Experience; 6. Dying to Participate: Political Participation as a Form of Protest.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified NLC staff and students only.
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Language Note:	English.
Action Note:	digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.