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2) Native guard
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
51 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A compilation of poetry addresses the complex history of the American South, offering a lyrical tribute to the Native Guard, one of the first black regiments in service during the Civil War and paying tribute to the author's mother and her illegal interracial marriage.
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
290 pages : map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"By fall of 1863, Union forces had taken control of Tidewater Virginia and established a toehold in eastern North Carolina, including along the Outer Banks. Thousands of freed slaves and runaways flooded the Union lines, but Confederate irregulars still roamed the region. In December, the newly formed African Brigade, a unit of these former slaves led by General Edward Augustus Wild--a one-armed, impassioned abolitionist--set out from Portsmouth to...
4) Glory
Publisher
TriStar
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two idealistic young Bostonians lead the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, America's first Black regiment in the Civil War.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
374, 10 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Grace Steele and Eliza Jones may be from completely different backgrounds, but when it comes to the army, specifically the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), they are both starting from the same level. Not only will they be among the first class of female officers the army has even seen, they are also the first Black women allowed to serve. As these courageous women help to form the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, they are dealing with...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
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Description
In San Francisco Bay there was a United States Navy base called Port Chicago. During World War II, it was a busy port where young sailors loaded bombs and ammunition into ships bound for American troops in the Pacific. Like the entire Navy, Port Chicago was strictly segregated. All the officers giving orders were white; all the men loading bombs were black. On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked Port Chicago, killing 320 servicemen and injuring...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
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Description
"During World War II, black Americans were fighting for their country and for freedom in Europe, yet they had to endure a totally segregated military in the United States, where they weren't considered smart enough to become military pilots. After acquiring government funding for aviation training, civil rights activists were able to kickstart the first African American military flight program in the US at Tuskegee University in Alabama. While this...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
Tanya Lee Stone examines the role of African Americans in the military through the lens of the untold story of the Triple Nickles as they became America's first black paratroopers and fought a little-known World War II attack on the American West by the Japanese.
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