Half American
The Heroic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad
The definitive history of World War II from the African American perspective, by award-winning historian and civil rights expert
Winner of the 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Nonfiction
A New York Times Notable Book of 2022
A 2022 Book of the Year from TIME, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and more
More than one million Black soldiers served in World War II. Black troops were at Normandy, Iwo Jima, and the Battle of the Bulge, serving in segregated units while waging a dual battle against inequality in the very country for which they were laying down their lives. The stories of these Black veterans have long been ignored, cast aside in favor of the myth of the “Good War” fought by the “Greatest Generation.” And…
Matthew F. Delmont is the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History at Dartmouth College. A Guggenheim Fellow and expert on African American history and the history of civil rights, he is the author of five books, most recently Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and several academic journals, and on NPR. Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Delmont earned his BA from Harvard University and his MA and PhD from Brown University.
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