ÿþ<html> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="Microsoft FrontPage 6.0"> <TITLE>AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE ARMED FORCES</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY LINK="#0000ff" VLINK="#800080" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <strong><FONT FACE="Arial"><P ALIGN="CENTER"><A NAME="Top">AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE ARMED FORCES</FONT> </A></P> <FONT FACE="Arial"> </strong></FONT><HR> <FONT FACE="Arial"> <strong> <p>Enlisted History Resource Guide<br> Compiled by SNCOA Library Staff <em><br> </em></strong> <em><font size="2">This page was last updated on <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%m/%d/%Y %I:%M %p" startspan -->03/22/2011 10:09 AM<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="26515" --> </font></em></p> <strong> <hr> <P>CONTENTS:</strong> </P> <UL> </FONT><LI><A HREF="#int"><strong><FONT FACE="Arial">Internet Resources</strong></FONT></A><strong><FONT FACE="Arial"> </LI> </strong></FONT><LI><A HREF="#book"><strong><FONT FACE="Arial">Books</strong></FONT></A><strong><FONT FACE="Arial"> </LI> </strong></FONT><LI><A HREF="#doc"><strong><FONT FACE="Arial">Documents</strong></FONT></A><strong><FONT FACE="Arial"> </LI> </strong></FONT><LI><A HREF="#per"><strong><FONT FACE="Arial">Periodicals</FONT></strong></A> </LI> </UL> <font FACE="Arial"> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><em>The appearance of hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Air Force of this web site or the information, products, or services contained therein. 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Such links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this DoD web site.&nbsp;</em><O:P> </O:P> </font></p> </font> <HR> <strong><FONT FACE="Arial"><P><A NAME="int">Internet Resources</A></FONT><A NAME="int">:</A><FONT FACE="Arial"> </P> </FONT> </strong><HR> <P><strong><font face="Arial">African-Americans in Army History.</font></strong><FONT FACE="Arial"><BR> Available at: <strong><a href="http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/topics/afam/AFAM-USA.htm">http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/topics/afam/AFAM-USA.htm</a></strong><BR> <br><strong>[</strong></FONT><A HREF="#Top"><strong><FONT FACE="Arial">Return to Top</strong></FONT></strong></A> <FONT FACE="Arial"><STRONG>] </P> </FONT></STRONG><HR> <FONT FACE="Arial"><STRONG><P><A NAME="book">Books: </A></P> </FONT></STRONG><HR> <FONT FACE="Arial"><P>Alt, William E. and Betty L. Alt. <strong>Black Soldiers, White Wars: Black Warriors from Antiquity to the Present. </strong>Westport, CT, Praeger, 2002. 144p.<br> <strong>Book call no.: 355.008996073 A465b YELLOW RESERVE</strong> </P> <P>Astor, Gerald. <strong> The Right to Fight: A History of African Americans in the Military</strong>. Novato, CA, Presidio Press, 1998. 529p.<BR> <strong>Book call no.: 355.008996073 A858r YELLOW RESERVE </strong> </P> <P>Bowers, William T., et al.<strong> Black Soldier, White Army: the 24th Infantry Regiment in Korea.</strong> Washington, DC, Center of Military History, United States Army, 1996. 294p.<BR> <strong>Book call no.: 951.9042 B786b YELLOW RESERVE</strong> </P> <P>Converse, Elliott V. <strong> The Exclusion of Black Soldiers from the Medal of Honor in World War II: The Study Commissioned by the United States Army to Investigate Racial Bias in the Awarding of the Nation's Highest Military Decoration. </strong>Jefferson, NC, McFarland &amp; Co., 1997. 200p.<BR> <strong>Book call no.: 940.546 E96 YELLOW RESERVE </strong> </P> <P>Donaldson, Gary. <strong> The History of African-Americans in the Military: Double V .</strong> Malabar, FL, Kreiger Pub. Co., 1991. 182p. <BR> <strong>Book call no.: 355.0089 D676h YELLOW RESERVE </strong> </P> <P>Edgerton, Robert B. <strong>Hidden Heroism: Black Soldiers in America's Wars.</strong> Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 2001. 271p.<br> <strong>Book call no.: 355.008996073 E23h YELLOW RESERVE</strong></P> <P> Gladstone, William A. <strong> Men of Color. </strong>Gettysburg, PA, Thomas Publications, 1993. 227p.<BR> <strong>Book call no.: 973.7415 G543m YELLOW RESERVE</strong> </P> <P>Gropman, Alan L. <strong> The Air Force Integrates, 1945-1964.</strong> Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998. 237p.<BR> <strong>Book call no.: 358.33 A2987 YELLOW RESERVE</strong> </P> <P>Hanna, Charles W. <strong>African American Recipients of the Medal of Honor.</strong>&nbsp; Jefferson, NC, McFarland &amp; Company Inc., 2002. 189p.<strong><br>Book call no.: 355.1342 H243a YELLOW RESERVE</strong> </P> <P>Holway, John.<strong> Red Tails, Black Wings: The Men of America's Black Air Force</strong>. Las Cruces, NM, Yucca Tree, 1997. 393p.<BR> <strong>Book call no. : 940.544973 H759r YELLOW RESERVE </strong> </P> <P>Hope, Richard O. <strong> Racial Strife in the U.S. Military: Toward the Elimination of Discrimination.</strong> New York, Praeger, 1979. 129p.<BR> <strong>Book call no.: 355.0973 H791r YELLOW RESERVE </strong> </P> <P>Johnson, Jesse J. <strong> The Black Soldier (Documented, 1619-1815)</strong>. Hampton, VA, Hampton Institute, [1969]. 174p.<BR> <strong>Book call no.: 355.8996073 J67ba YELLOW RESERVE </strong> </P> <P>Lanning, Michael Lee. <strong> The African-American Soldier: From Crispus Attucks to Colin Powell.</strong> Secaucus, NJ, Carol Pub., 1997. 310p.<BR> <strong>Book call no.: 355.008996073 L292a YELLOW RESERVE</strong> </P> <P>Mershon, Sherie. <strong> Foxholes &amp; Color Lines: Desegregating the U.S. Armed Forces.</strong> Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. 393p.<BR> <strong>Book call no.: 355.008996073 M574f YELLOW RESERVE </strong> </P> <P>Moskos, Charles C. <strong> All That We Can Be: Black Leadership and Integration the Army Way.</strong> New York, Basic Books, 1996. 198p.<BR> <strong>Book call no.: 355.008996073 M911 YELLOW RESERVE </strong> </P> <P>Nalty, Bernard C. <strong> Strength For the Fight: A History of Black Americans in the Military. </strong>New York, Free Press, Collier Macmillan, 1986. 424p.<BR> <strong>Book call no.: 355.008996073 N173s YELLOW RESERVE</strong> </P> <P>Newton, Adolph W. <strong> Better Than Good: A Black Sailor's War, 1943-1945. </strong>Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 1999. 182p.<BR> <strong>Book call no.: 92 N561b YELLOW RESERVE </strong> </P> <P>Osur, Alan M. <strong> Blacks in the Army Air Forces During World War II: The Problem of Race Relations.</strong> Washington, Office of Air Force History, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977. 227p.<BR> <strong>Book call no.: 940.5403 O85b YELLOW RESERVE </strong> </P> <P>Putney, Martha. <strong> When the Nation Was In Need: Blacks in the Women's Army Corps During World War II. </strong>Metuchen, NJ, Scarecrow Press, 1992. 231p.<BR> <strong>Book call no.: 940.5403 P993w YELLOW RESERVE </strong> </P> <P>Ramold, Steven J. <strong>Slaves, Sailors, Citizens: African Americans in the Union Army.</strong> DeKalb, IL, Northern Illinois University Press, 2002. 253p.<BR> <strong>Book call no.: 973.758 R175s YELLOW RESERVE</strong> </P> <P>Schubert, Frank N. <strong> Black Valor: Buffalo Soldiers and the Medal of Honor, 1870-1898.</strong> Wilmington, DE, Scholarly Resources, 1997. 231p.<BR> <strong>Book call no.: 355.1342 S383b YELLOW RESERVE</strong> </P> <P>Scott, Edward Van Zile. <strong> The Unwept: Black American Soldiers and the Spanish-American War. </strong>Montgomery, AL, Black Belt Press, 1996. 240p.<BR> <strong>Book call no.: 973.894 S425u YELLOW RESERVE</strong> </P> <P>Stiehm, Judith.<strong> It's Our Military, Too!: Women and the U.S. Military.</strong> Philadelphia, PA, Temple University Press, 1996. 309p.<BR> See Chapter Six: From Underrepresentation to Overrepresentation: African American Women.<BR> <strong>Book call no.: 355.0082 I88&nbsp; YELLOW RESERVE </strong> </P> <P>Trudeau, Noah Andre.<strong> Like Men of War: Black Troops in the Civil War, 1862-1865.</strong> Boston, Little, Brown, 1998. 548p.<BR> <strong>Book call no.: 973.7415 T866L YELLOW RESERVE</strong> </P> <P>United States. Office of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Equal Opportunity and Safety Policy.<strong> Black Americans in Defense of Our Nation.</strong> Washington, DC, Department of Defense, 1982. 176p.<BR> <strong>Book call no.: 355.008996073 B627 YELLOW RESERVE </strong> </P> <P>Wilson, Joe.<strong> The 761st "Black Panther" Tank Battalion in World War II: An Illustrated History of the First African American Armored Unit To See Combat.</strong> Jefferson, NC, McFarland, 1999. 313p.<BR> <strong>Book call no.: 940.5403 W749s YELLOW RESERVE</strong> </P> <P>Wright, Kai. <strong>Soldiers of Freedom: An Illustrated History of African Americans in the Armed Forces.</strong>&nbsp; New York, Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers, 2002. 294p.<br> <strong>Book call no.: 355.008996073 W951s YELLOW RESERVE</strong> </P> <P>[</FONT><strong><A HREF="#Top"><strong><FONT FACE="Arial">Return to Top</strong></FONT></A><FONT FACE="Arial"><STRONG>] </P> </FONT></STRONG><HR> <FONT FACE="Arial"><STRONG><P><A NAME="doc">Documents:</A> </P> </FONT></STRONG><HR> </strong> <FONT FACE="Arial"><P>Squire, Willard S. <strong>The 24th Infantry Regiment and the Racial Debate in the U.S. Army. </strong> Fort Leavenworth, KS, School of Advanced Military Studies, United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1997. 97p.<BR> <STRONG><strong> Doc. call no.: M-U 42022 S774t&nbsp; </P> </strong></STRONG> <P>Trice, Craig A. <strong><STRONG>The Men That Served with Distinction: the 761st Tank Battalion. </STRONG></strong> Fort Leavenworth, KS, School of Advanced Military Studies, United States Army<STRONG><strong> </strong></STRONG> Command and General Staff College, 1997. 76p.<STRONG><strong><BR> Doc. call no.: M-U 42022 T823m&nbsp; </P> <P>[</strong></STRONG></FONT><strong><A HREF="#Top"><strong><FONT FACE="Arial">Return to Top</strong></FONT></A><FONT FACE="Arial"><STRONG>] </P> </FONT></STRONG><HR> <FONT FACE="Arial"><STRONG><P><A NAME="per">Periodicals:</A></P> </FONT></STRONG><HR> </strong> <p><font face="Arial">Armor, David J. and&nbsp; Curtis L. Gilroy. <em>Changing Minority Representation in the U.S. Military. </em><strong>Armed Forces &amp; Society </strong> 36:223-246 January 2010.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">Atkeson, Edward B. (MG, USA, Ret.) <em>Bright, Brilliant, Brave-and Black. </em><strong>Army </strong>54: 49-52 August 2004.</font></p> <FONT FACE="Arial"> <P>Burnette, Georgia. <em>Writing Our Own History: Why Black Veterans May Not Come Forward to Tell Their Stories. </em><strong>The Officer </strong>81:50-51 January-February 2005.</P> <P>Gropman, Alan L. <em>General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.--American Hero.</em> <strong> Air Power History </strong> 46:4-15 Summer 1999.</P> <P>Kennedy, Kelly. <em>Blacks Make Up 40 Percent of Command Sgt. Maj. Ranks. </em> <strong>Army Times </strong>67:35 October 16, 2006.</P> <P>Kingseed, Cole C. (COL, USA, Ret.)<em> Heroism Outlasts Prejudice: The Saga of Vernon J. Baker.</em><strong> Army </strong>58:37-44 February 2008.</P> <P>Wolk, Herman S. </FONT><em><FONT FACE="Arial">When the Color Line Vanished</FONT></em><FONT FACE="Arial">.<STRONG> <strong> Air Force Magazine </strong></STRONG> 81:74-79 July 1998.<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></P> <FONT FACE="Arial"> <STRONG> <strong> <P>[</strong></STRONG></FONT><strong><A HREF="#Top"><strong><FONT FACE="Arial">Return to Top</strong></FONT></A><FONT FACE="Arial"><STRONG>] </P> </FONT></STRONG><HR> <FONT FACE="Arial"><STRONG><P>Related <A NAME="bibs">SNCOA Library Resource Guides:</A></P> </FONT></STRONG><HR> <P><font face="Arial">BUFFALO SOLDIERS. </font></strong><font face="Arial"><br>Available online at:&nbsp;<strong><STRONG> <a href="http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/school/sncoa/buffalo.htm">http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/school/sncoa/buffalo.htm</a> . </P> </STRONG></strong></font><strong><P><font face="Arial">TUSKEGEE AIRMEN.<br> </font> </strong><font face="Arial">Available online at:&nbsp;<strong><STRONG> <a href="http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/school/sncoa/tusk.htm">http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/school/sncoa/tusk.htm</a></STRONG></strong></font> <br> <font face="Arial"><strong><STRONG> [</STRONG></strong></font><strong><A HREF="#Top"><strong><FONT FACE="Arial">Return to Top</strong></FONT></A><FONT FACE="Arial"><STRONG>] </P> </FONT></STRONG> <hr> <p><font face="Arial"><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial"><u> <a href="http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/school/sncoa/bib.htm"> <img src="http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/images/back.gif" alt="Back Arrow" align="middle" width="20" height="20"></a></u><a href="http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/school/sncoa/enbib.htm"><u> Return to SNCOAL Resource Guides</u></a><u><br> <a href="http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/school/sncoa/academy.htm"> <img src="http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/images/back.gif" alt="Back Arrow" align="middle" width="20" height="20"></a></u><a href="http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/school/sncoa/academy.htm"><u> Return to SNCOA Library homepage</u></a><u> </u></font></font></p> </body> </html>