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Black Americans in defense of our nation.

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[Washington] : Department of Defense, Office of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Equal Opportunity and Safety Policy, [1982]

1982

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The Black soldier: from the American Revolution to Vietnam. Edited by Jay David and Elaine Crane.

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New York, Morrow, 1971.

1971

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A pictorial history of Black soldiers (1619-1969) in peace and war, edited by Jesse J. Johnson.

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Hampton, Va. [c1970]

1970

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The Black infantry in the West, 1869-1891 [by] Arlen L. Fowler. Foreword by William H. Leckie.

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Westport, Conn., Greenwood Pub. Corp. [1971]

1971

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The Black military experience in the American West. Edited by John M. Carroll.

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New York, Liveright [1971]

1971

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The Black soldier (documented, 1619-1815); missing pages in United States history, edited by Jesse J. Johnson.

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Hampton, Va. [1969]

1969

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Buffalo soldiers west [compiled] by John M. Carroll.

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[Fort Collins, Colo., Old Army Press, 1971]

1971

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The Negro and the war, by Earl Brown and George R. Leighton.

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New York, AMS Press [1972, c1942]

1972

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The Black military experience in the American West. Edited by John M. Carroll.

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New York, Liveright [1971]

1971

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Captain Blackman; a novel [by] John A. Williams.

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Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1972.

1972

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"Smoked Yankees" and the struggle for empire : letters from Negro soldiers, 1898-1902 / [compiled by] Willard B. Gatewood, Jr.

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Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, [1971]

1971

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An album of Black Americans in the Armed Forces, by Donald L. Miller.

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New York, F. Watts [1969]

1969

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The Negro soldier movement and the adoption of national conscription 1652-1865 [microform].

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Ann Arbor, Mich., 1966.

1967-1966

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The Black infantry in the West, 1869-1891 [by] Arlen L. Fowler. Foreword by William H. Leckie.

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Westport, Conn., Greenwood Pub. Corp. [1971]

1971

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Black fighting men in U. S. history.

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New York, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. [1971]

1971

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Stratification and minority group ideology: Black soldiers' beliefs about military and civilian opportunities.

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Notre Dame, Ind., 1972.

1972

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Blacks and the draft: an analysis of institutional racism, 1917-1971 [by] Paul Thom Murray, Jr.

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[Tallahassee, Fla.] 1972.

1972

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A Black British soldier. Rev. ed.

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[Toronto] 21st Century Book, 1969.

1969

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The yellow bone ring, by Genevieve Gray. Illustrated by W. T. Mars.

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New York, Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co. [1971]

1971

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Army life in a black regiment.

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Boston, Fields, Osgood, 1870.

1870

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Camp-fires of the Afro-American, or, The colored man as a patriot, soldier, sailor, and hero, in the cause of free America : displayed in colonial struggles, in the Revoluntion, the War of 1812, and in later wars, particularly the great Civil War, 1861-5, and the Spanish American War, 1898 : concluding with an account of the war with the Filipinos, 1899 : a thrilling record of his daring and suffering for liberty's sake, in patriotic uprisings, in battles on land and sea, in prison pens, and in deeds of individual heroism / by Chaplain Jas. M. Guthrie ; profusely illustrated.

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Philadelphia : Afro-American Pub. Co., 514-516 Ludlow St., 1899.

1899

2 items

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A history of the negro troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 [microform] : preceded by a review of the military services of Negroes in ancient and modern times / by George W. Williams.

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New York : Harper & Brothers, 1888.

1888

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The Negro soldier.

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[n. p.] 3M Co. International Microfilm Press (IMPRESS), 1971.

1971

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The Black frontier. [Compiled and edited by Arthur Cromwell, Jr.

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Lincoln, University of Nebraska Television, 1970]

1970

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The Negro in the military service of the United States: a compilation of official records, state papers, historical extracts, etc. relating to his military status and service from the date of his introduction into the British North American Colonies. Prepared under the direction of Brigadier General Richard C. Drum by Elon A. Woodward. 1888.

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Washington, National Archives Microfilm Publications, 1963.

1963

5 items

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Records of the President's Committee on the Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services, 1949-50.

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Independence, Mo., Harry S. Truman Library, 1974.

1974

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The Negro in the military service of the United States, 1639-1886.

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Washington, National Archives and Records Service, 1973.

1973

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Procurement and retention of Black officers by Clarence A. Miller, jr.

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Carlisle Barracks, Pa., U. S. Army War College, 1972.

1972

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Notes of a busy life.

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Cincinnati : Stewart & Kidd, 1916.

1916

6 items

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Racial attitudes and their effect on the retention of enlisted personnel in the Army.

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Carlisle Barracks, Pa., U. S. Army War College, 1972.

1972

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Returns from regular army infantry regiments, June 1821-December 1916.

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Washington, National Archives and Records Service, 1966.

1966

22 items

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Unsanctioned institutional racism in the U. S. Army.

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Evanston, Ill., 1974.

1974

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Compiled records showing service of military units in volunteer Union organizations, reels 204-217: U. S. Colored Troops.

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Washington, National Archives and Records Service, 1964.

1964

14 items

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Index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served with United States Colored Troops.

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Washington, National Archives and Records Service, 1964.

1964

98 items

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Returns from regular army cavalry regiments, 1833-1916.

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Washington, National Archives and Records Service, 1970.

1970

16 items

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Teach us to outgrow our madness : four short novels / by Kenzaburō Ōe ; translated [from the Japanese] and with an introd. by John Nathan.

Text

New York : Grove Press : distributed by Random House, 1977.

1977

2 items

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc D 96-869Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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The war's greatest scandal : the story of Jim Crow in uniform / by Nancy and Dwight Macdonald.

Text

New York: The March on Washington Movement, [1943]

1943

1 item

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Blacks and U.S. wars [microform] / [L.D. Reddick].

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[New York] : National Urban League, c1976.

1976

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Armed forces records, 1940-57.

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1957

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A Negro looks at war [microform] / by John Henry Williams.

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[New York : Workers Library Publishers, 1940]

1940

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Roots of two Black Marine sergeants major, Sergeants Major Edgar R. Huff and Gilbert H. "Hashmark" Johnson : profiles in courage : a documented pictorial history / by Jesse J. Johnson.

Text

Hampton, Va. : Ebony Pub., c1978.

1978

1 item

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Roy's trip to the battlefields of Europe : the diary of Royal A. Christian.

Text

Chambersburg, Pa. : J. R. Kerr, [1919?]

1919

1 item

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc D 80-422Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Racial strife in the U. S. military : toward the elimination of discrimination / Richard O. Hope.

Text

New York : Praeger, 1979.

1979

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The search for military justice : report of an NAACP inquiry into the problems of the Negro serviceman in West Germany.

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New York : NAACP Special Contribution Fund, [1971].

1971

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FormatMicroformCall numberSc Micro F-9035Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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The emancipation of Wakefield Clay : a novel / by Randall Robinson.

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London : Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications, 1978.

1978

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc D 80-571Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Values in conflict : Blacks and the American ambivalence toward violence / edited by Charles A. Frye.

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Washington, D.C. : University Press of America, c1980.

1980

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc D 81-44Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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Black soldiers in the National Guard, 1877-1949/ Charles Johnson, Jr.

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Washington: 1976.

1976

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The colored cadet at West Point.

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New York, Arno Press, 1969.

1969-1878

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FormatBook/TextCall numberSc D 81-528Item locationSchomburg Center - Research & Reference

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