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Activism
African Americans
Anthony Comstock
Author_Christopher S. Parker
Black conservatism
Black in America
Black liberalism
Black nationalism
Black Panther Party
Black people
Black Power
Bobby Seale
Brown v. Board of Education
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Charles Hamilton Houston
Citizenship
Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Demagogue
Double V campaign
Dred Scott
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Equal Education
Executive Order 8802
Freedom Summer
Gun politics in the United States
Historically black colleges and universities
Hosea Williams
Huey P. Newton
Insurgency
Involuntary servitude
James Forman
Jim Crow laws
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Ku Klux Klan
Liberalism
Little Rock Nine
Martin Luther King
Massive resistance
Medgar Evers
Military service
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Negro Congress
New Negro
New South
Oppression
Orval Faubus
Patriotism
Plessy v. Ferguson
Racial segregation
Racial segregation in the United States
Racism
Racism in the United States
Radical egalitarianism
Radical Republican
Redeemers
Redlining
Reprisal
Republicanism
Roy Wilkins
Second-class citizen
Sexism
Slavery
Smith v. Allwright
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The Chicago Defender
Union League
W. E. B. Du Bois
White Southerners
White supremacy
William Monroe Trotter
World War II
Product details
- ISBN 9780691140049
- Weight: 397g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 06 Sep 2009
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Fighting for Democracy shows how the experiences of African American soldiers during World War II and the Korean War influenced many of them to challenge white supremacy in the South when they returned home. Focusing on the motivations of individual black veterans, this groundbreaking book explores the relationship between military service and political activism. Christopher Parker draws on unique sources of evidence, including interviews and survey data, to illustrate how and why black servicemen who fought for their country in wartime returned to America prepared to fight for their own equality. Parker discusses the history of African American military service and how the wartime experiences of black veterans inspired them to contest Jim Crow. Black veterans gained courage and confidence by fighting their nation's enemies on the battlefield and racism in the ranks. Viewing their military service as patriotic sacrifice in the defense of democracy, these veterans returned home with the determination and commitment to pursue equality and social reform in the South.
Just as they had risked their lives to protect democratic rights while abroad, they risked their lives to demand those same rights on the domestic front. Providing a sophisticated understanding of how war abroad impacts efforts for social change at home, Fighting for Democracy recovers a vital story about black veterans and demonstrates their distinct contributions to the American political landscape.
Christopher S. Parker is assistant professor of political science at the University of Washington, Seattle. He served in the U.S. Navy and Naval Reserve for ten years.
