African Americans in Defense of the Nation; Contents; Preface; Chapter 01: User's Guide; Chapter 02: General; Chapter 03: Colonial, Revolutionary War, and Pre-Civil War Eras; Chapter 04: Civil War; Chapter 05: Post-Civil War to Pre-World War I Era; Chapter 06: World Wars I and II Era; Chapter 07: Post-World War II to the Present; Chapter 08: African American Women; Chapter 09: U.S. Army Air Forces-U.S. Air Force; Chapter 10: U.S. Navy and Maritime; Chapter 11: U.S. Marine Corps; Chapter 12: U.S. Coast Guard; Chapter 13: Juvenile Titles; Appendix: Holding Library Codes; Index; About the Author
Summary
The role of the African American in American history has been documented but sometimes ignored by historians. This work is intended to assist researchers in locating the wealth of material that has been published. African-Americans in Defense of the Nation builds on a long list of early bibliographies concerning the subject. This work brings together a broad spectrum of titles related to the African-American participation in America's wars. It covers both the military exploits-as African Americans have been involved in every American conflict since the Revolution-and their participation in the
