![]() ![]() This is about six or seven years ago, when I started working on this project. “And it really made me pause and take a step. And I was blown away by how many of these stories I saw. These are just average Americans from Pittsburgh, from Cleveland, from Chicago. But as I was going through archival sources, going through Black newspapers, I kept coming across stories of average Black Americans who were drafted, volunteered to serve in the Army, the Navy and Marines. And I’ve taught about this history for more than a decade. I’m a professional historian, and I teach history at Dartmouth College. Matthew Delmont: “I wrote this book because I think this is the history more Americans need to understand. ![]() Author of Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad. ( Highlights ![]() Matthew Delmont, professor of history at Dartmouth College. Today, On Point: World War II from a Black perspective. ![]() “Should I sacrifice my life to live half American? Is the America I know worth defending?” They fought for a double victory: over fascism and over racism.īut their fight would continue long after the war ended: More than a million Black Americans fought for the United States in World War II. Sign up for the On Point newsletter here. ![]()
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