![]() ![]() Clint Smith, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America Half American belongs firmly within the canon of indispensable World War II books.” Delmont’s book is filled with compelling narratives that outline with nuance, rigor, and complexity how Black Americans fought for this country abroad while simultaneously fighting for their rights here in the United States. The definitive history of World War II from the African American perspective, written by civil rights expert and Dartmouth history professor Matthew Delmont Delmont, Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad And war industry jobs were just as segregated (sometimes more so) than during peacetime. African-Americans had to fight for the right to fight in the military. Discrimination was rampant and inexcusable. ![]() ![]() Matthew Delmont explains the complicated and distressing history of African-American participation in World War II at home, and in the war theaters. ![]()
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