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Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad
Anisfield-Wolf Book · 2023 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anisfield-Wolf Book Award – Nonfiction | 2023 | Winner | “Half American by Matthew Delmont won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction in 2023.” |
About This Book
More than one million African Americans served in the US military during World War II, fighting for a country that denied them equal citizenship. Matthew Delmont tells their story—the double victory campaign against fascism abroad and racism at home—through soldiers' letters, newspapers, and personal testimonies, recovering a history of sacrifice and resistance largely absent from mainstream accounts of the war. Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction.
About the Author
Matthew DelmontAmerican
Matthew Delmont is an American historian and professor, the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History at Dartmouth College. He received his degrees from Amherst College and the University of California, San Diego, and has written widely on African American history, media history, and the history of the civil rights movement. His book Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad (2022) tells the history of the more than one million African Americans who served in the US military during World War II while fighting simultaneously against racial segregation and discrimination within the armed forces and at home. Read more →
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