Needs of Two Wars Hasten Integration in the Military
Brotherhood in Combat: How African Americans Found Equality in Korea and Vietnam
By Jeremy P. Maxwell University of Oklahoma Press, 2018
African-American activist and legendary orator Frederick Douglass, speaking at the National Hall in Philadelphia on July 6, 1863, implored blacks to view military service as a means of advancing the struggle for equal rights. From then on, black soldiers, sailors and Marines served
