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Blacks in the Army Air Forces during World War II : The Problem of Race Relations  (out of print)

Alan M. Osur

1986

This volume deals with the problems of race relations in the Army Air Forces, including protests and riots provoked by discrimination, and the role of black pilots in the Mediterranean.

Contents: The War Department and the Black community -- The Army Air Forces : early policies and practices -- The Army Air Forces : Black officers and flying units -- 1943 : era of change -- Problems, protests, and leadership -- Confrontation at Freeman Field -- The postwar surveys -- Conclusion.

227 pp., photos, index 

Based on the author's thesis, University of Denver

ISBN: 0912799234 (pbk.) (reprint of the original 1976 edition)

In 1980, Arno Press also produced a reprint of the original 1976 ed. (published by Office of Air Force History, Washington,DC) ISBN: 0405121997