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Author: Melton A. McLaurin
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.40cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 23.10cm
Weight: 0.321kg
ISBN: 9780807861769
ISBN 10: 0807861766
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 30 September 2009
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""A quick but inspirational read."" -- ""Journal of America's Military Past"" ""A valuable contribution to our understanding of the black military experience in World War II."" -- ""North Carolina Historical Review"" ""An important contribution to military and civil rights history. . . . [""he Marines of Montford Point: America's First Black Marines""] is a set of excerpts [of interviews] which, in Studs Terkel fashion, create an oral history of this group of Marines."" -- Durham ""Sunday Herald-Sun"" ""Beautifully collected interviews. . . . Anyone interested in any aspect of the civil rights struggle or the history of race relations in the US must read this book. . . . Essential."" -- ""CHOICE"" ""Eloquent, unedited stories."" -- ""Our State"""
A quick but inspirational read. -- Journal of America's Military Past Beautifully collected interviews. . . . Anyone interested in any aspect of the civil rights struggle or the history of race relations in the US must read this book. . . . Essential. -- CHOICE Eloquent, unedited stories. -- Our State An important contribution to military and civil rights history. . . . [ he Marines of Montford Point: America's First Black Marines ] is a set of excerpts [of interviews] which, in Studs Terkel fashion, create an oral history of this group of Marines. -- Durham Sunday Herald-Sun A valuable contribution to our understanding of the black military experience in World War II. -- North Carolina Historical Review
A quick but inspirational read. -- Journal of America's Military Past
A quick but inspirational read. -- Journal of America's Military Past Beautifully collected interviews. . . . Anyone interested in any aspect of the civil rights struggle or the history of race relations in the US must read this book. . . . Essential. -- CHOICE A valuable contribution to our understanding of the black military experience in World War II. -- North Carolina Historical Review Eloquent, unedited stories. -- Our State An important contribution to military and civil rights history. . . . [ he Marines of Montford Point: America's First Black Marines ] is a set of excerpts [of interviews] which, in Studs Terkel fashion, create an oral history of this group of Marines. -- Durham Sunday Herald-Sun
A quick but inspirational read. -- Journal of America's Military Past Beautifully collected interviews. . . . Anyone interested in any aspect of the civil rights struggle or the history of race relations in the US must read this book. . . . Essential. -- CHOICE A valuable contribution to our understanding of the black military experience in World War II. -- North Carolina Historical Review Eloquent, unedited stories. -- Our State An important contribution to military and civil rights history. . . . [ he Marines of Montford Point: America's First Black Marines ] is a set of excerpts [of interviews] which, in Studs Terkel fashion, create an oral history of this group of Marines. -- Durham Sunday Herald-Sun
Beautifully collected interviews. . . . Anyone interested in any aspect of the civil rights struggle or the history of race relations in the US must read this book. . . . Essential. -- CHOICE Eloquent, unedited stories. -- Our State An important contribution to military and civil rights history. . . . [ he Marines of Montford Point: America's First Black Marines ] is a set of excerpts [of interviews] which, in Studs Terkel fashion, create an oral history of this group of Marines. -- Durham Sunday Herald-Sun A quick but inspirational read. -- Journal of America's Military Past A valuable contribution to our understanding of the black military experience in World War II. -- North Carolina Historical Review
Author Information
MELTON A. McLAURIN is professor emeritus of history at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He is author of eight books, including the award-winning Separate Pasts: Growing Up White in the Segregated South.
