Fighting for Democracy Black Veterans and the Struggle Against White Supremacy in the Postwar South Princeton Studies in American Politics Historical International and Comparative Perspectives 1st Edition by Christopher Parker ISBN 0691140049 978-0691140049

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Author: Christopher S. Parker

How military service led black veterans to join the civil rights struggle

Fighting for Democracy shows how the experiences of African American soldiers during World War II and the Korean War influenced many of them to challenge white supremacy in the South when they returned home. Focusing on the motivations of individual black veterans, this groundbreaking book explores the relationship between military service and political activism. Christopher Parker draws on unique sources of evidence, including interviews and survey data, to illustrate how and why black servicemen who fought for their country in wartime returned to America prepared to fight for their own equality.

Parker discusses the history of African American military service and how the wartime experiences of black veterans inspired them to contest Jim Crow. Black veterans gained courage and confidence by fighting their nation’s enemies on the battlefield and racism in the ranks. Viewing their military service as patriotic sacrifice in the defense of democracy, these veterans returned home with the determination and commitment to pursue equality and social reform in the South. Just as they had risked their lives to protect democratic rights while abroad, they risked their lives to demand those same rights on the domestic front.

Providing a sophisticated understanding of how war abroad impacts efforts for social change at home, Fighting for Democracy recovers a vital story about black veterans and demonstrates their distinct contributions to the American political landscape.

Fighting for Democracy Black Veterans and the Struggle Against White Supremacy in the Postwar South Princeton Studies in American Politics Historical International and Comparative Perspectives 1st Table of contents: 

1. War, Military Service, and the Prospect for Change: A Glance at History

The Promise of Military Service in the Early American Republic

Diminishing Returns and Increasing Militancy

Fighting on Two Fronts Twice: World War II and the Korean War

2. Military Service and Resistance: Toward a Theory of Black Republicanism

The Citizen-Soldier Ideal

The Symbolism of Military Service

Military Service as a Symbolic Experience Sketching a Belief System for Black Veterans

Black Republicanism Defined

3. Taking the Crooked with the Straight: The Pros and Cons of African American Military Experience during the 1940s and ’50s

A Description of the Data

The Crooked: Negative Aspects of Black Veterans’

Military Experiences

The Straight: Positive Aspects of Black Veterans

Military Experiences

Donning the Uniform

4. When Jim Crow Meets Uncle Sam: The Veteran Returns to Dixie

White Domination

Framing the Meaning of Military Service and Black Republicanism

Black Republicanism and National Identification

Black Republicanism and Citizenship

Expectations of Racial Progress: Service and Sacrifice

A Source of Republican Criticism: Military Service and Entitlement

From Criticism to Activism

5. Exploring the Attitudinal Consequences of African American Military Experience

Black Veterans’ Attitudes toward Southern Traditionalism:

Resisting the Status Quo

Black Veterans and the Role of the State

A Hard Case: Black Veterans’ Attitudes

toward Segregation

6. Dying to Participate: Political Participation as a Form of Protest

Impediments to Black Political Participation in the South

Explaining Black Political Participation in the South

Political Participation and Risk: Voting versus

Political Activi

Modeling Voting and Nonvoting Activism

Conclusion: Taps for Jim Crow in the Postwar South

Principal Findings

The Implications of Fighting for Democracy

Future Directions

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