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War Stories: African American Soldiers and the Long Civil Rights Movement-U.S.

First Edition ©2018 Maggi M. Morehouse

Using this document collection, students will apply the historians skills in critical analysis and synthesis to craft a narrative about black soldiers as they resisted discrimination and became foot soldiers in the integration of America, a major consequence of the Long Civil Rights Movement. Studen...
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Cover: War Stories: African American Soldiers and the Long Civil Rights Movement-U.S., 1st Edition by Maggi M. Morehouse

Using this document collection, students will apply the historians skills in critical analysis and synthesis to craft a narrative about black soldiers as they resisted discrimination and became foot soldiers in the integration of America, a major consequence of the Long Civil Rights Movement. Students will be able to test the "resistance-watershed" thesis debated among historians who question whether World War II provided a spark for African Americans to push for equality. Students are guided through their analysis of the primary sources with an author-provided learning objective, central question, and historical context.

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Table of Contents

Central Question
Learning Objective
Introduction
Historical Background 
Primary Sources       
Judge Matthew J. Perry Jr., Excerpts from Oral History Interview, October 2010
“Racial Situation in the United States,” Army Reports, 1944–1945  
Memorandum for Major General S. G. Henry, Army Assistant Chief of Staff, “Participation of Negro Soldiers in the Post- war Military Establishment,” 1944 
Spencer Moore, 92nd Buffalo Soldier Division, Letters to Mom and Dad, 1944–1945         
Joe Willie Johnson, Letters to Wife, Mary Alice Hubbard Johnson, from Italy, 1944–1945         
Letter to President Truman from the Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training, National Archives, 1948      
Harry S. Truman, Executive Order 9981, On the Desegregation of the Military, 1948        
Felix Goodwin, Excerpts from Oral History Interview, 1998  
Project Questions
Additional Assignments
Additional Resources for Research  
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