{"product_id":"segregated-soldiers-military-training-at-historically-black-colleges-in-the-jim-crow-south-paperback-softback-9780807183793","title":"Segregated Soldiers; Military Training at Historically Black Colleges in the Jim Crow South (Paperback \/ softback) 9780807183793","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSegregated Soldiers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMilitary Training at Historically Black Colleges in the Jim Crow South\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMarcus S. Cox (Author), Russel Honore (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780807183793\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 August 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages, 8 halftones, 2 tables\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.6 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCox's work is a welcome addition to the historiography of both the civil rights era and civil-military relations.\" - \u003cem\u003eChoice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Insightful. \u003ci\u003eSegregated Soldiers \u003c\/i\u003eprovides us with an invaluable  starting point for understanding how military training programs shaped  the attitudes of African American students at HBCUs toward American  society throughout the twentieth century.\" - \u003cem\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSegregated Soldiers,\u003c\/i\u003e Marcus S. Cox investigates military training programs at historically black colleges and universities and demonstrates their importance to the struggle for civil rights. Examining African Americans' attitudes toward service in the armed forces, Cox focuses on the ways in which black higher education and Reserve Officer Training Corps programs worked together to advance full citizenship rights for African Americans. Educators at black colleges supported military training as early as the late nineteenth century in hopes of improving the social, economic, and political state of black citizens. Their attitudes reflected the long-held belief of many African Americans who viewed military service as a path to equal rights. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCox begins his narrative in the decades following the Civil War, when the movement to educate blacks became an essential element in the effort to offer equality to all African Americans. ROTC training emerged as a fundamental component of black higher education, as African American educators encouraged military activities to promote discipline, upright behavior, and patriotism. These virtues, they believed, would hasten African Americans' quest for civil rights and social progress. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing Southern University one of the largest African American institutions of higher learning during the post World War II era as a case study, Cox shows how blacks' interest in military training and service continued to rise steadily throughout the 1950s. Even in the 1960s and early 1970s, despite the growing unpopularity of the Vietnam War, the rise of black nationalism, and an expanding economy that offered African Americans enhanced economic opportunities, support for the military persisted among blacks because many believed that service in the armed forces represented the best way to advance themselves in a society in which racial discrimination flourished. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnlike recent scholarship on historically black colleges and universities, Cox's study moves beyond institutional histories to provide a detailed examination of broader social, political, and economic issues, and demonstrates why military training programs remained a vital part of the schools' missions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52551798292760,"sku":"9780807183793","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/segregated-soldiers-military-training-at-historically-black-colleges-in-the-jim-crow-south-paperback-softback-9780807183793","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}