Close Ranks: On Three New Books Exploring African Americans, Patriotism, and the US Armed Forces
Randal Maurice Jelks reviews three books about the African American experience in war: Beth Bailey’s “An Army Afire: How the US Army Confronted Its...
Randal Maurice Jelks is a professor of American studies and African and African American studies at the University of Kansas. His recent books include Faith and Struggle in the Lives of Four African Americans: Ethel Waters, Mary Lou Williams, Eldridge Cleaver, and Muhammad Ali and Letters to Martin: Meditations on Democracy in Black America.
Randal Maurice Jelks reviews three books about the African American experience in war: Beth Bailey’s “An Army Afire: How the US Army Confronted Its...
Randal Jelks considers two books about underappreciated Civil Rights figures, A. J. Baime’s “White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and...
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