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The Harlem Hellfighters
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Max Brooks,Caanan White |
"From bestselling author Max Brooks, the riveting story of the highly decorated, barrier-breaking, historic black regiment--the Harlem Hellfighters. The Harlem Hellfighters is a fictionalized account… |
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Lonely eagles and buffalo soldiers
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Tom McGowen |
Remembers the hardships, exposes the injustices, and celebrates the success of African American soldiers in World War II. |
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Porter, Steward, Citizen
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Royal A. Christian,Pellom McDaniels III |
xxxv, 160 pages : 22 cm |
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Black Civil War Soldiers
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Susan K. Baumann |
Discusses the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, one of the first Civil War units made up of African American soldiers. |
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Freedom journey
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Edythe Ann Quinn |
"The story of thirty-six African American men who drew upon their shared community of The Hills for support as they fought in the Civil War. Through wonderfully detailed letters, recruit rosters, and… |
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Brothers in arms
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
A powerful wartime saga in the bestselling tradition of Flags of Our Fathers, BROTHERS IN ARMS recounts the extraordinary story of the 761st "Black Panthers," the first all-black armored unit to see … |
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Blue-Eyed Child Of Fortune
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Robert Gould Shaw |
On the Boston Common stands one of the great Civil War memorials, a magnificent bronze sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. It depicts the black soldiers of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry ma… |
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The Negro's Civil War
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James M. McPherson |
In this classic study, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James M. McPherson deftly narrates the experience of blacks--former slaves and soldiers, preachers, visionaries, doctors, intellectuals, and comm… |
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Not the Triumph but the Struggle
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Amy Bass |
"Jesse Owens. Muhammad Ali. Michael Jordan. Tiger Woods. All are iconic black athletes, as are Tommie Smith and John Carlos, the African American track and field medalists who raised black-gloved fis… |
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