Format:
1 online resource (255 pages)
ISBN:
9781136176241
Content:
The U.S. Armed Forces started integrating its services in 1948, and with that push, more African Americans started rising through the ranks to become officers, although the number of black officers has always been much lower than African Americans' total percentage in the military. Astonishingly, the experiences of these unknown reformers have largely gone unexamined and unreported, until now. The Black Officer Corps traces segments of the African American officers' experience from 1946-1973. From generals who served in the Pentagon and Vietnam, to enlisted servicemen and officers' wives, Isaac Hampton has conducted over seventy-five oral history interviews with African American officers. Through their voices, this book illuminates what they dealt with on a day to day basis, including cultural differences, racist attitudes, unfair promotion standards, the civil rights movement, Black Power, and the experience of being in ROTC at Historically Black Colleges. Hampton provides a nuanced study of the people whose service reshaped race relations in the U.S. Armed Forces, ending with how the military attempted to control racism with the creation of the Defense Race Relations Institute of 1971. The Black Officer Corps gives us a much fuller picture of the experience of black officers, and a place to start asking further questions.
Content:
Cover -- THE BLACK OFFICER CORPS -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms/Military Terms -- Prologue -- 1 The Origins of the Negro Military Officer -- 2 Civil Rights, Black Power, and Military Service -- 3 Historically Black Colleges and the Reserve Officer Training Corps -- 4 Inequities in the Officer Promotion System -- 5 The Butler Report -- 6 Analysis and Interpretation of the Butler Report -- 7 Racial Tension -- 8 Addressing Racial Tension and the Role of the Defense Race Relations Institute -- 9 Anatomy of the African American Enlisted Soldier -- 10 The Role and Significance of African American Officers' Wives -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415531894
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415531894
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1075221
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