TY  - BOOK
AU  - Astor,Gerald
TI  - The right to fight: a history of African Americans in the military 
SN  - 0891416323
AV  - UB418.A47 As8
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Novato, CA
PB  - Presidio
KW  - Race discrimination
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Armed Forces
KW  - African Americans
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 518-520) and index; 1. The Long Voyage -- 2. The Struggle Begins -- 3. The Civil War -- 4. The Buffalo Soldiers -- 5. The War with Spain -- 6. New Beginnings and Brownsville, Texas -- 7. Navy White, Pancho Villa, and Houston -- 8. World War I -- 9. Between the Wars -- 10. The Coming of World War II -- 11. Command and Control -- 12. Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, and Marines -- 13. Combat and Other Battles -- 14. Forward Movement and Reversals -- 15. The End of the War and Return to the Past -- 16. Postmortems and Pullbacks -- 17. The Walls Begin to Tumble -- 18. Korea -- 19. Integration Begins -- 20. Policy and People -- 21. Vietnam -- 22. Rough Seas, Turbulent Air -- 23. Shifting Sands, Settling Down -- 24. After-Action Critique
N2  - Describes the role of African Americans in the military from the Boston Massacre to the present day
ER  -