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Blacks in the Army Air Forces During World War II: The Problems of Race Relation

Blacks in the Army Air Forces During World War II: The Problems of Race Relation

U. S. Air Force
Office of Air Force History

Paperback

Series: Special Studies

Air Combat

ISBN10: 1507787987
ISBN13: 9781507787984
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Feb 2 2015
Pages: 250
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.53 Width: 7.01 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
This book is based upon a PH.D dissertation written by an Air Force officer who studied at the University of Denver. Currently an Associate Professor of History at the Air Force Academy, Major Osur's account relates how the leadership in the War Department and the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) tried to deal with the problem of race andthe prejudices which were reflected in the bulk of American society. It tells a story of black racial protests and riots which such attitudes anddiscrimination provoked. The author describes many of the discriminatory actions taken against black airmen, whose goal was equality oftreatment and opportunities as American citizens. He also describes the role of black pilots as they fought in the Mediterranean theater of operations against the Axis powers. In his final chapters, he examines the continuing racial frictions within the Army Air Forces which led to black servicemen protests and riots in 1945 at several installations.Despite these problems, the author concludes that the Army Air Forces made substantial progress in race relations and in opening up additional career opportunities for black airmen in the post-1945 period.

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