Let Us Fight as Free Men: Black Soldiers and Civil Rights

Christine Knauer

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2014

Let Us Fight as Free Men

Black Soldiers and Civil Rights

Christine Knauer

In the series Politics and Culture in Modern America

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812209594

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About this book

Let Us Die as Free Men explores the African American fight for the desegregation of the American military between the Second World War and the Korean War. The book credits black soldiers and civilian efforts, more than Truman's executive order, for achieving integration in the context of the Cold War.

Author / Editor information

Christine Knauer is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Eberhard Karls University Tubingen, Germany.

Reviews

"A valuable contribution to histories of the black freedom struggle. Christine Knauer draws on prodigious research and thorough analysis to bring to life the story of African Americans in the military following World War II."—Adriane Lentz-Smith, Duke University

"Could the Supreme Court have ordered public school integration in 1954 if the military had remained segregated? In Let Us Fight As Free Men, Christine Knauer demonstrates that the battle to desegregate the U.S. armed services was key to the more extensive racial integration of American life that followed. By giving a history to events usually told episodically, Knauer demonstrates important connections between the 1940s and 1950s, and between civil rights in the military and in civilian life. This book fills temporal and theoretical gaps vital to the African American freedom struggle."—Glenda Gilmore, Yale University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Fighting for Respect Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Chapter 2. Coming Home Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Chapter 3. Stepping Up the Fight Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Chapter 4. Mass Civil Disobedience Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
Chapter 5. Truman’s Order Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
Chapter 6. A Country They Never Knew Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
Chapter 7. Black Men at War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Chapter 8. A Mixed Army Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224
Abbreviations and Acronyms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 352
Illustrations
- Other: 15 illus.
Keywords: American History; African-American Studies; African Studies; American Studies

eBook

Published: March 7, 2014
ISBN: 9780812209594