5/11/2023 0 Comments Matthew delmont half americanBut the idea of equality was dismissed by many in leadership, who saw the cry as radical and even seditious. In it, he painfully recounts what Black service members of the day faced as they fought in a segregated military.ĭuring World War II, Black Americans were inspired by the idea of a double victory - to defeat not only the fascism abroad, but also racism at home. The title of his new book, “Half American” was inspired by Thompson’s letter. The definitive history of World War II from the African American perspective, written by civil rights expert and Dartmouth history professor Matthew Delmont. Booktopia has Half American, The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad by Matthew Delmont. That letter echoed in the mind of historian Matthew Delmont. “Will things be better for the next generation in the peace to follow? Would it be demanding too much to demand full citizenship rights in exchange for the sacrificing of my life? Is the kind of America I know worth defending?” “Should I sacrifice my life to live half American?” wrote James G. Delmont 5.0 Hardcover 30.00 Hardcover 30.00 eBook 14.99 Audiobook 0.00 Large Print 32. He poignantly asked the questions that many Black men also asked while serving in a segregated military during World War II. Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad by Matthew F. In January 1942, a young Black man from Kansas wrote a letter to the editor of the Pittsburgh Courier, the nation’s largest Black newspaper at the time.
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