![]() Matthew Delmont is the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History at Dartmouth College. ![]() Join us for this free, online program in our A "Good" Citizen Lecture Series, part of the 2022 A More Perfect Union initiative. This is an inspiring history of bravery and patriotism in the face of unfathomable racism. Drawing on his upcoming book, Half American, Professor Matthew Delmont explains how Black troops played a vital role in helping the Allies win WWII, and returned to America to fight for civil rights and democracy on the home front. Black troops were at Normandy, Iwo Jima, and the Battle of the Bulge, serving in segregated units and performing unheralded but vital support jobs, only to be denied housing and educational opportunities on their return home. ![]() Over one million Black men and women served in World War II. ![]()
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