The Resource Fighting for democracy : Black veterans and the struggle against white supremacy in the postwar South, Christopher S. Parker
Fighting for democracy : Black veterans and the struggle against white supremacy in the postwar South, Christopher S. Parker
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The item Fighting for democracy : Black veterans and the struggle against white supremacy in the postwar South, Christopher S. Parker represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- Fighting for Democracy shows how the experiences of African American soldiers during World War II and the Korean War influenced many of them to challenge white supremacy in the South when they returned home. Focusing on the motivations of individual black veterans, this groundbreaking book explores the relationship between military service and political activism. Christopher Parker draws on unique sources of evidence, including interviews and survey data, to illustrate how and why black servicemen who fought for their country in wartime returned to America prepared to fight for their own equal
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 266 pages)
- Contents
-
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. War, Military Service, and the Prospect for Change: A Glance at History; 2. Military Service and Resistance: Toward a Theory of Black Republicanism; 3. Taking the Crooked with the Straight: The Pros and Cons of African American Military Experience during the1940s and '50s; 4. When Jim Crow Meets Uncle Sam: The Veteran Returns to Dixie; 5. Exploring the Attitudinal Consequences of African American Military Experience; 6. Dying to Participate: Political Participation as a Form of Protest
- Isbn
- 9786612303784
- Label
- Fighting for democracy : Black veterans and the struggle against white supremacy in the postwar South
- Title
- Fighting for democracy
- Title remainder
- Black veterans and the struggle against white supremacy in the postwar South
- Statement of responsibility
- Christopher S. Parker
- Subject
-
- African American veterans -- Political activity -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
- Bürgerrechtsbewegung
- Civil rights movements
- Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
- Electronic books
- History
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Civil Rights
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security | Civil Rights
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security | Human Rights
- Race relations
- Schwarze
- Southern States
- Southern States -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
- USA -- Südstaaten
- Veteran
- Veteran
- 1900-1999
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Fighting for Democracy shows how the experiences of African American soldiers during World War II and the Korean War influenced many of them to challenge white supremacy in the South when they returned home. Focusing on the motivations of individual black veterans, this groundbreaking book explores the relationship between military service and political activism. Christopher Parker draws on unique sources of evidence, including interviews and survey data, to illustrate how and why black servicemen who fought for their country in wartime returned to America prepared to fight for their own equal
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1963-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Parker, Christopher S.
- Dewey number
- 323.1196073
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- E185.61
- LC item number
- .P25 2009eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Princeton studies in American politics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Civil rights movements
- African Americans
- African American veterans
- Southern States
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- African Americans
- Civil rights movements
- Race relations
- Southern States
- Bürgerrechtsbewegung
- Veteran
- USA
- Veteran
- Schwarze
- Label
- Fighting for democracy : Black veterans and the struggle against white supremacy in the postwar South, Christopher S. Parker
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-254) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. War, Military Service, and the Prospect for Change: A Glance at History; 2. Military Service and Resistance: Toward a Theory of Black Republicanism; 3. Taking the Crooked with the Straight: The Pros and Cons of African American Military Experience during the1940s and '50s; 4. When Jim Crow Meets Uncle Sam: The Veteran Returns to Dixie; 5. Exploring the Attitudinal Consequences of African American Military Experience; 6. Dying to Participate: Political Participation as a Form of Protest
- Control code
- 477087937
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 266 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9786612303784
- Lccn
- 2009002597
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttwgwz
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)477087937
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Fighting for democracy : Black veterans and the struggle against white supremacy in the postwar South, Christopher S. Parker
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-254) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. War, Military Service, and the Prospect for Change: A Glance at History; 2. Military Service and Resistance: Toward a Theory of Black Republicanism; 3. Taking the Crooked with the Straight: The Pros and Cons of African American Military Experience during the1940s and '50s; 4. When Jim Crow Meets Uncle Sam: The Veteran Returns to Dixie; 5. Exploring the Attitudinal Consequences of African American Military Experience; 6. Dying to Participate: Political Participation as a Form of Protest
- Control code
- 477087937
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 266 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9786612303784
- Lccn
- 2009002597
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttwgwz
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)477087937
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- African American veterans -- Political activity -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
- Bürgerrechtsbewegung
- Civil rights movements
- Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
- Electronic books
- History
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Civil Rights
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security | Civil Rights
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security | Human Rights
- Race relations
- Schwarze
- Southern States
- Southern States -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
- USA -- Südstaaten
- Veteran
- Veteran
- 1900-1999
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