If We Must Die

African American Voices on War and Peace

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

If We Must Die is a narrative and compilation of commentaries by African American leaders, intellectuals, and average citizens on wars fought by the United States. The book uses the rich material of political and social commentary as it seeks to articulate the concerns, mood, and memory of African Americans in the context of global political realities.Organized chronologically, by America's major wars, If We Must Die offers an impressively wide array of viewpoints from such diverse figures as Molly Pitcher, Phyllis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells, Paul Robeson, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Barack Obama, and more.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-07-16
Mått:136 x 198 x 27 mm
Vikt:572 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:384
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780742541146
Utmärkelser:Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2009

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Karin L. Stanford is associate professor of pan African studies and African American politics at California State University, Northridge.

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This book . . . highlights a profound historical contradiction: for although African Americans' sacrifices have earned them the right to claim the full measure of freedom at home, their pursuit of freedom has been complicated by domestic race politics, even as black soldiers were, and are, fighting and dying on the battlefield.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionChapter 1: The Revolutionary War: My Liberation, Your FreedomChapter 2; War of 1812: From the Plantation to the BattlefieldChapter 3: The Civil War: One Shot Away from EmancipationChapter 4: Spanish-American and Philippines War: Is This a White Man's WarChapter 5: World War I: The Strange Fruit of WarChapter 6: World War II: Fighting for "Our America"Chapter 7: Korean War: Coming in from the ColdChapter 8: Vietnam War: Red, White, Black, and BlueChapter 9: Persian Gulf War: Civil Rights/Human WrongsChapter 10: Iraq War: Patriot Games