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

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Author / Creator:Parker, Christopher S., 1963-
Imprint:Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009.
Description:1 online resource (xv, 266 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Princeton studies in American politics
Princeton studies in American politics.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11281190
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ISBN:1400831024
9781400831029
9786612303784
6612303786
9780691140032
9780691140049
1282303783
9781282303782
0691140030
0691140049
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-254) and index.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Parker, Christopher S., 1963- Fighting for democracy. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009 9780691140049