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"The Employment of Negro Troops"

Item

Title
"The Employment of Negro Troops"
Description
The title page for "The Employment of Negro Troops," a historical analysis of the government policies related to Black Americans' participation in the U.S. Army during World War II, written by Ulysses Lee as the U.S. Army's military history specialist and expert on this subject matter.
Date
1966
Source
Lee, Ulysses. “United States Army in World War II: Special Studies: The Employment of Negro
Troops,” 1966. https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/11-4/.
A historical analysis of the policies and procedures enacted by the United States War
Department for the inclusion of black service members in the U.S. Army during World
War II.
Subject
racism
segregation
discrimination
negro soldiers
colored soldiers
black soldiers
Black Americans
Colored Americans
People of Color
Camp Howze
U.S. Army
Ulysses Lee
Dr. Ulysses G. Lee
inequity
greatest generation
President Franklin Roosevelt
white soldiers
southern states
Jim Crow
greatest generation
Army Service Forces
Cooke County, TX
Gainesville, TX
Denton, TX
USO