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Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad
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Author:
Matthew F. Delmont
Publisher:
Viking Books
Date:
October 18, 2022
Over one million Black men and women served in World War II. Black troops were at Normandy, Iwo Jima, and the Battle of the Bulge, serving in segregated units and performing unheralded but vital support jobs, only to be denied housing and educational opportunities on their return home. Without their crucial contributions to the war effort, the United States could not have won the war. And yet the stories of these Black veterans have long been ignored.
What The Reviewers Say
A running theme in Delmont’s book — the prescience with which Black Americans identified the fascist threat while much of the United States was still in an isolationist mood.
Poignant and unflinching.
An incisive overview of African Americans during World War II.
Delmont delves deeper to tell the story of African Americans who had recognized the fascist threat a decade earlier and volunteered for the republican cause in the Spanish Civil War.
