03829nam 2200745 a 450 991082700310332120240430184534.0979-88-908827-2-11-4696-0229-60-8078-6908-2(CKB)2670000000139749(EBL)830255(OCoLC)769344368(SSID)ssj0000571420(PQKBManifestationID)11390493(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000571420(PQKBWorkID)10618752(PQKB)10124632(OCoLC)966756658(MdBmJHUP)muse48573(Au-PeEL)EBL830255(CaPaEBR)ebr10521876(MiAaPQ)EBC830255(MiAaPQ)EBC4321972(EXLCZ)99267000000013974920110725d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWar! what is it good for? black freedom struggles and the U.S. military from World War II to Iraq /Kimberley L. Phillips1st ed.Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press20121 online resource (360 p.)John Hope Franklin series in African American history and cultureIncludes index.1-4696-1389-1 0-8078-3502-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Where are the Negro soldiers? The Double V Campaign and the segregated military -- Jim Crow shock and the second front, 1945-1950 -- Glory on the battlefield: the Korean war, Cold War civil rights, and the paradox of Black military service -- Did the battlefield kill Jim Crow? Black freedom struggles, the Korean War, and the Cold War military -- Machine gun blues: Black America and the Vietnam War -- Sing no more of war: Black freedom struggles and antiwar activism, 1960-1973 -- An epilogue about the United States and wars in medias res. Live from the front lines: military policy and soldiers' rap from Iraq.African Americans' long campaign for ""the right to fight"" forced Harry Truman to issue his 1948 executive order calling for equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed forces. In War! What Is It Good For?, Kimberley Phillips examines how blacks' participation in the nation's wars after Truman's order and their protracted struggles for equal citizenship galvanized a vibrant antiwar activism that reshaped their struggles for freedom. Using an array of sources--from newspapers and government documents to literature, music, and film--and tracing the period from World War IIJohn Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.African American soldiersHistory20th centuryVietnam War, 1961-1975African AmericansAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistory20th centuryCivil rights movementsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryVietnam War, 1961-1975Protest movementsUnited StatesWar and societyUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesArmed ForcesAfrican AmericansHistory20th centuryAfrican American soldiersHistoryVietnam War, 1961-1975African Americans.African AmericansCivil rightsHistoryCivil rights movementsHistoryVietnam War, 1961-1975Protest movementsWar and societyHistory355.0089/96073Phillips Kimberley L(Kimberley Louise),1960-1682919MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827003103321War! what is it good for4053343UNINA