Soul soldiers : African Americans and the Vietnam era / edited by Samuel W. Black.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Black, Samuel W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--African Americans.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

African Americans.

African American veterans.

African Americans--Civil rights.

Physical Description:

xviii, 218 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, PA : Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, [2006]

Summary:

Even as African American men and women headed to Vietnam to fight for their country and show their patriotism, they faced racism in the ranks as did their families on the home front. This stunning book, which accompanies the exhibition, Soul Soldiers: African Americans and the Vietnam Era at the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, looks at black life through the eyes of veterans during the civil rights era by bring together critical and cultural analysis, photography, memoir and oral histories that recall the horrors of war, the complexities of race and the duality of African American life in the 1960s and ʾ70s. With a foreword by Albert French, author of the goundbreaking memoir Patches of Fire, this book captures the spirit of the African American experience, highlighting the literary expression of Vietnam Vets and the groundswell of black culture and consciousness in this tumultuous time.

Contents:

Sign of the times : race, masculinity, and femininity, in and out of the Vietnam War. Combat and the interracial male friendship / Herman Graham, III

"Going to mess up some beasts tonight" : the outbreak of racial violence in the Armed Forces / James E. Westheider

"And sing no more of war" : Black women write, sing, and speak about the Vietnam War / Kimberley L. Phillips

In service and in protest : Black women and the impact of the Vietnam War on American society / Heather Stur. Recollections of a war : veterans and family remember Vietnam. The long shadow of war / Terrance Hayes

"As I recall

" : from the hill and homewood to war in Vietnam / Samuel W. Black. A soldier's voice : Vietnam veterans' poetic expressions. Yusef Komunyakaa

Lamont B. Steptoe.

Notes:

"In association with the Smithsonian Institution."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-205) and index.

ISBN:

0936340142

9780936340142

0936340150

9780936340159

OCLC:

71126855