Courage Has No Color, the True Story of the Triple Nickles America's First Black Paratroopers

Tanya Lee Stone

eBook - 2013

They became America's first black paratroopers. Why was their story never told? Sibert Medalist Tanya Lee Stone reveals the history of the Triple Nickles during World War II. World War II is raging, and thousands of American soldiers are fighting overseas against the injustices brought on by Hitler. Back on the home front, the injustice of discrimination against African Americans plays out as much on Main Street as in the military. Enlisted black men are segregated from white soldiers and regularly relegated to service duties. At Fort Benning, Georgia, First Sergeant Walter Morris's men serve as guards at The Parachute School, while the white soldiers prepare to be paratroopers. Morris knows that for his men to be treated like sol...diers, they have to train and act like them, but would the military elite and politicians recognize the potential of these men as well as their passion for serving their country?Tanya Lee Stone examines the role of African Americans in the...

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Published
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Main Author
Tanya Lee Stone
Online Access
Overdrive Resource Page
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Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Adobe EPUB eBook
File Size20 GB
ISBN9780763668204
Release Date1/22/2013
Kindle Book
ASINB00ARJQVAC
Release Date1/22/2013
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9780763668204
Release Date1/22/2013