TY  - BOOK
AU  - HAMPTON Isaac
TI  - Black officer corps: a history of black military advancement from integration through Vietnam 
SN  - 9780415531894 (hbk.) :
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - 20TH CENTURY
KW  - VIETNAM
KW  - UNITED STATES
KW  -  RACE RELATIONS
KW  -  ARMED FORCES
KW  -  ARMED RELATIONS
KW  - AFRICAN AMERICAN
KW  -  CIVIL RIGHTS
KW  -  HISTORY
KW  -  20TH CENTURY
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - This book illuminates what they dealt with on a day to day basis including cultural differences, recist attitudes, unfair promotion standards, the civil rights movement, black power and the experience of being in ROTC at historically black colleges.  It provides a nuanced study of the people whose service reshaped race relations in the U.S armed forces ending with how the military attempted to control racism with the creation of the defence race relations institute 1971
ER  -