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Author |
: Brian Shellum |
Publisher |
: U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages |
: 303 |
Release |
: 2018-08-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781612349558 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1612349552 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis African American Officers in Liberia by : Brian Shellum
"The story of seventeen African American officers who trained, reorganized, and commanded the Liberian Frontier Force to defend Liberia between 1910 and 1942"--
Author |
: Kathleen Elizabeth Alfin |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2023 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1410323435 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis "An Exceptional Situation:" by : Kathleen Elizabeth Alfin
This dissertation examines the deployment of a predominantly African American army force to Liberia during the Second World War. It specifically analyzes how the racial make-up of US Army Forces in Liberia (USAFIL) collided with the unique socio-racial landscape of the historic Black republic to unsettle contemporary norms and hierarchies in the army unit and country. This clash created what USAFIL's white leadership called "an exceptional situation." Using the notion of "exceptionalism" as a heuristic, this dissertation demonstrates how competing imperial logics of race, as well as gender and sexuality, shaped interactions between Black and white American soldiers (commonly referred to as "GIs") and Liberian men and women during the war. It particularly examines how these interactions affected GIs' cultural constructions of Liberia and Liberians, segregation and racial violence within the US Army force, the training and employment of Liberian men by USAFIL, sexual liaisons between GIs and women in Liberia, and US Army policies to control these. This dissertation ultimately does two things. First, it argues that the "exceptional situation" identified by USAFIL's white minority was in fact the unique challenges the deployment of the Black US Army force to the Black republic posed to white supremacy. This rendered the traditional logics and mechanisms used to manage American soldiers-African American soldiers specifically-and their interactions with local civilians untenable. This necessitated "exceptional measures" on the part of USAFIL's white minority to not only control Black GIs, but uphold their white military authority in the Black US Army force in the Black-governed country. Second, it illuminates the different impulses at odds for African American soldiers and officers in Liberia during the world war. While they perceived their wartime military service in the historic Black republic as integral to the global fight against racial oppression and fostering a broader Black transnationalism, many came to evince a condescension toward Liberians that resembled the very racism they resented in the US Army and United States more generally. These Black American troops did not adopt white American imperialism wholesale though. Rather, they developed a unique logic of Black kinship without equality driven by their desires to achieve racial equality within their own formation and society.
Author |
: Hanes Walton |
Publisher |
: Lexington Books |
Total Pages |
: 468 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: 073910344X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780739103449 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (4X Downloads) |
Synopsis Liberian Politics by : Hanes Walton
Liberian Politics tells the fascinating story of Liberia's early nation-building efforts, its attempts to establish democracy, and the pivotal role played by African Americans in exporting the American democratic experiment to Liberia. The story of the rise of Africa's oldest democracy is told through the writings of J. Milton Turner, an African American diplomat who served in Liberia from 1871 to 1878. Turner's official diplomatic correspondence--superbly organized and edited by Walton, Rosser, and Stevenson--document Liberia's struggle to define its political institutions and processes. They chart Liberia's struggle to establish its relationship with the wider world and offer an intimate portrait of Turner's role as the agent of U.S. foreign policy in Liberia. A comparative study in the best tradition of Tocqueville and Myrdal, this pathbreaking work reveals the global dimensions of nineteenth-century African American politics and offers rich insight into the direction of early U.S. diplomacy in Africa.
Author |
: Brian G. Shellum |
Publisher |
: U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages |
: 317 |
Release |
: 2010-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780803268036 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0803268033 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis Black Officer in a Buffalo Soldier Regiment by : Brian G. Shellum
An unheralded military hero, Charles Young (1864–1922) was the third black graduate of West Point, the first African American national park superintendent, the first black U.S. military attaché, the first African American officer to command a Regular Army regiment, and the highest-ranking black officer in the Regular Army until his death. Black Officer in a Buffalo Soldier Regiment tells the story of the man who—willingly or not—served as a standard-bearer for his race in the officer corps for nearly thirty years, and who, if not for racial prejudice, would have become the first African American general. Brian G. Shellum describes how, during his remarkable army career, Young was shuffled among the few assignments deemed suitable for a black officer in a white man’s army—the Buffalo Soldier regiments, an African American college, and diplomatic posts in black republics such as Liberia. Nonetheless, he used his experience to establish himself as an exceptional cavalry officer. He was a colonel on the eve of the United States’ entry into World War I, when serious medical problems and racial intolerance denied him command and ended his career. Shellum’s book seeks to restore a hero to the ranks of military history; at the same time, it informs our understanding of the role of race in the history of the American military.
Author |
: Brian Shellum |
Publisher |
: U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages |
: 413 |
Release |
: 2010-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780803230224 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0803230222 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Black Officer in a Buffalo Soldier Regiment by : Brian Shellum
An unheralded military hero, Charles Young (18641922) was the third black graduate of West Point, the first African American national park superintendent, the first black U.S. military attachÉ, the first African American officer to command a Regular Army regiment, and the highest-ranking black officer in the Regular Army until his death. Black Officer in a Buffalo Soldier Regiment tells the story of the man who-willingly or not-served as a standard-bearer for his race in the officer corps for nearly thirty years, and who, if not for racial prejudice, would have become the first African American general.
Author |
: Caree A. Banton |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 385 |
Release |
: 2019-05-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108429634 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108429637 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis More Auspicious Shores by : Caree A. Banton
Offers a thorough examination of Afro-Barbadian migration to Liberia during the mid- to late nineteenth century.
Author |
: Le'Trice D. Donaldson |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 217 |
Release |
: 2020 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780809337590 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0809337592 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis Duty Beyond the Battlefield by : Le'Trice D. Donaldson
"The book demonstrates how African American soldiers used military service as a tool to challenge white notions of second-class citizenry"--
Author |
: Isaac Hampton |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 241 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0203081897 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780203081891 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Black Officer Corps by : Isaac Hampton
The U.S. Armed Forces started integrating its services in 1948, and with that push, more African Americans started rising through the ranks to become officers, although the number of black officers has always been much lower than African Americans' total percentage in the military. Astonishingly, the experiences of these unknown reformers have largely gone unexamined and unreported, until now. The Black Officer Corps traces segments of the African American officers' experience from 1946-1973. From generals who served in the Pentagon and Vietnam, to enlisted servicemen and officers' wives, Isaac Hampton has conducted over seventy-five oral history interviews with African American officers. Through their voices, this book illuminates what they dealt with on a day to day basis, including cultural differences, racist attitudes, unfair promotion standards, the civil rights movement, Black Power, and the experience of being in ROTC at Historically Black Colleges. Hampton 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 Defense Race Relations Institute of 1971. The Black Officer Corps gives us a much fuller picture of the experience of black officers, and a place to start asking further questions.
Author |
: James G. Antal |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 158 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: UIUC:30112055141193 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis On Mamba Station by : James G. Antal
Author |
: Opande, Daniel |
Publisher |
: East African Educational Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 290 |
Release |
: 2019-08-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789966564313 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9966564314 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis In Pursuit of Peace in Africa by : Opande, Daniel
Lieutenant General Daniel Opande, in his autobiography In Pursuit of Peace in Africa, shares his experiences in childhood, education, family and military career until his retirement. He wore many hats: soldier, military leader, peacemaker, humanitarian, peace ambassador and mediator. Notable highlights include his role in Kenya’s Shifta Campaign of the 1960s and engaging with rebels during peace operations he led in Namibia, Mozambique, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. In retirement, General Opande has occasionally mediated conflicts; among them the 2007, 2008, 2013 and 2017 election crises in Kenya and the aftermath of the 2015 upheavals in South Sudan. This book is a rich inspirational resource for aspiring leaders.