A breath of freedom : the civil rights struggle, African American GIs, and Germany
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A breath of freedom : the civil rights struggle, African American GIs, and Germany
Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
- : [hbk.]
- : [pbk.]
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-246) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This moving and beautifully illustrated book, developed from an award-winning research project, examines the experience of African-American GIs in Germany since 1945 and the unique insights they provide into the civil rights struggle at home and abroad.
Table of Contents
Closing Ranks: World War I and the Rise of Hitler
Fighting on Two Fronts: World War II and Civil Rights
'We Will Never Go Back to the Old Way Again': African American GIs and the Occupation of Germany
Setting the Stage for Brown: Desegregating the Army in Germany
Bringing Civil Rights to East and West: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Cold War Berlin
Revolutionary Alliances: The Rise of Black Power
Heroes of the Other America: East German Solidarity with the African American Freedom Struggle
A Call for Justice: The Racial Crisis in the Military and the GI Movement
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