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100	1		_aHAMPTON Isaac
245			_aBlack officer corps : _ba history of black military advancement from integration through Vietnam / _cIsaac Hampton
260			_aNew York: _bRoutledge , _c2013
300			_axiv, 241 pages : _c illustration ; 23 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references
520			_aThis 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.
650			_aAFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS _xHISTORY _x20TH CENTURY
650			_aVIETNAM
650			_aUNITED STATES _x RACE RELATIONS
650			_aUNITED STATES _x ARMED FORCES
650			_aUNITED STATES _x ARMED RELATIONS
650			_aAFRICAN AMERICAN _x CIVIL RIGHTS _x HISTORY _x 20TH CENTURY
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