WHY IS THIS RELEVANT NOW?
Spike Lee’s new movie, Miracle of St. Anne has just been released. It’s about African American soldiers in World War II. It is a subject close to my heart as I remember my grandmother’s brothers who served in the war. A few of my favorite family oral histories swirl around their participation. So, I’ll be very interested to see what Mr. Lee does with this subject matter. OTHER RELATED POST that I will create today is Black WACSs.
SCOPE NOTE
Over one million African-Americans served in World War II. They served in segregated units. The branches of the military that blacks served in were the Marines and the Army. They were treated very badly during their service years and ill treated even when they returned.
PUBLISHED MATERIAL(S)
African Americans in the Military by Catherine Reef
We Were There : Voices of African American Veterans, from World War II to the War in Ira
Yvonne Latty, Ron Tarver
REFERENCE MATERIAL(S)
African American Almanac. 9th ed
Encyclopedia of African-American Heritage, Second Edition
Encyclopedia of American Military History
World Almanac & Book of Facts
RELEVANT WEBSITES
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/aframerwar/index.html
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/mohb.htm
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/prs-tpic/af-amer/afa-wwii.htm
http://www.africanamericans.com/MilitaryChronology4.htm
http://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/ww2-pictures/
MULTIMEDIA
Pictures of American Americans during WWII
DOCUMENTARY
African Americans in WWII (OnDeck Home Entertainment)
The Tuskegee Airmen (HBO Video)
POSSIBLE KEYWORD SEARCHES
african american + world war II
african americans + soldiers
american americans + military
RELATED POSTS
Blacks WACs Women Army Corps
