Barnes & Noble Dutch Children of African American Liberators: Race, Military Policy and Identity World War II Beyond at Hamilton Place in Chattanooga, TN
In the Netherlands, a small group of biracial citizens have entered their eighth decade of lives that have often been puzzling and difficult, but which offer a unique insight into the history of race relations in America. Though their African American fathers had brought liberation from Nazi tyranny at the end of World War II, they were in a segregated American military derived from a racially divided American society. Decades later, some of their children could finally know of a father's identity and the life he had led after the war. Just one was able to embrace him and just one would arrive at her father's American grave after 73 years. But they could understand their own Dutch lives in the context of their fathers' lives in America. This book offers fresh insight into the history of American race relations.
In the Netherlands, a small group of biracial citizens have entered their eighth decade of lives that have often been puzzling and difficult, but which offer a unique insight into the history of race relations in America. Though their African American fathers had brought liberation from Nazi tyranny at the end of World War II, they were in a segregated American military derived from a racially divided American society. Decades later, some of their children could finally know of a father's identity and the life he had led after the war. Just one was able to embrace him and just one would arrive at her father's American grave after 73 years. But they could understand their own Dutch lives in the context of their fathers' lives in America. This book offers fresh insight into the history of American race relations.
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