Robert V. Morris

Black Faces of War (eBook, ePUB)

A Legacy of Honor from the American Revolution to Today

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This commemoration of African-Americans in the U.S. military includes contributions from W. Stephen Morris and Luther H. Smith, one of the most-celebrated Tuskegee Airmen. Other black military heroes featured in the book include Crispus Attucks, the first man to die in the Revolutionary War; Lt. James Reese Europe, who brought jazz music to Europe in 1918; Lt. Charity Adams, commander of the only all-black Women's Army Corps unit during World War II; and Gen. Colin Powell, who served with distinction in Vietnam, became the first African-American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Gulf War, and retired a four-star general before becoming the first African-American Secretary of State.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Zenith Press
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781610601047
• Artikelnr.: 39954783

Autorenporträt

Robert V. Morris has been editor and publisher for the Iowa State Bystander, the oldest black newspaper west of the Mississippi River; was Des Moines Register guest editorialist on more than forty essays and several features including "The 10 Most Influential African-Americans of the 20th Century"; and co-authored Outside In: The African American History of Iowa 1830-2000. He lives in Des Moines, Iowa.

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