Blacks in the Army Air Forces During World War II: The Problems of Race Relation

This book is based upon a PH.D dissertation written by an Air Force officer who studied at the University of Denver. Currently an Associate Professor of History at the Air Force Academy, Major Osur's account relates how the leadership in the War Department and the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) tried to deal with the problem of race andthe prejudices which were reflected in the bulk of American society. It tells a story of black racial protests and riots which such attitudes anddiscrimination...