To Serve My Country, to Serve My Race: The Story of the Only African-American Wacs Stationed Overseas During World War II

by Brenda L. Moore

Book Overview

The story of the historic 6888th, the first United States Women's Army Corps unit of African American women to serve overseas

While African American men and white women were invited, if belatedly, to serve their country abroad, African American women were excluded for overseas duty throughout most of WWII. However, under political pressure from legislators like Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., the NAACP, the Black press, and even President...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814755879
• ISBN13: 9780814755877
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"