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Dutch children of african american liberators : race, military policy and identity in world war II and beyond / Mieke Kirkels, Chris Dickon, afterword by Sebastiaan Vonk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kirkels, Mieke, author.
- Dickon, Chris, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black people--Netherlands--Limburg--History.
- Black people.
- African American soldiers--Family relationships--Netherlands--History.
- African American soldiers.
- Multiracial children--Netherlands--Limburg.
- Multiracial children.
- Children of military personnel--Netherlands--History.
- Children of military personnel.
- World War, 1939-1945--African Americans.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Limburg (Netherlands)--Race relations.
- Limburg (Netherlands).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (251 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
- Summary:
- ""In the Netherlands, a small group of biracial citizens has entered its eighth decade of lives that have been often puzzling and difficult, but which offer a unique insight into the history of race relations in America. Though their African American fathers had brought liberation from Nazi tyranny at the end of World War II, they had arrived in a segregated American military that derived from a racially divisive American society. Decades later, some of their children could finally know of a father's identity and the life he had led after the war. Just one would be able to find an embrace in his arms, and just one would arrive at her father's American grave after 73 years. But they could now understand their own Dutch lives in the context of their fathers' lives in America. This book relates their experiences, offering fresh insight into the history of American race relations."-Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- War Babies
- Social Reality, Military Policy
- Liberation and Slavery
- Aftermath
- Margraten
- Limited Service
- Liberation Children
- In England
- Out of England
- Occupation Babies
- Adulthood
- Settling Lives
- International Families.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-4114-5
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