A breath of freedom : the civil rights struggle, African American GIs, and Germany / Maria Höhn and Martin A. Klimke.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Höhn, Maria, 1955-
Other Authors: Klimke, Martin
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:Culture, politics, and the Cold War.
Subjects:
African American soldiers > Germany (West) > History.
African American soldiers > Germany (West) > Social conditions.
African American soldiers > Social conditions > 20th century.
African Americans > Social conditions > 20th century.
Germany (West) > Race relations > History.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
United States. > Army > African American troops > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, African American.
Physical Description:xxvii, 254 pages : illustrations.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Closing ranks : World War I and the rise of Hitler
  • Fighting on two fronts : World War II and civil rights
  • "We will never go back to the old way again" : African American GIs and the occupation of Germany
  • Setting the stage for Brown : desegregating the army in Germany
  • Bringing civil rights to East and West : Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Cold War Berlin
  • Revolutionary alliances : the rise of Black power
  • Heroes of the other America : East German solidarity with the African American freedom struggle
  • A call for justice : the racial crisis in the military and the GI movement.