The especially difficult history of Americas Black veterans
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Guests include:
- Matthew Delmont is a Guggenheim Fellow and the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History at Dartmouth College; his book, \\u201cHalf American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad,\\u201d was just published in October; interview begins at the 0:47 mark;
- And Holly Pinheiro, Jr., is an assistant professor of history at Furman University; his research focuses on the intersections of race, gender, and class in the U.S. military from 1850 through the 1930s. His latest book, \\u201cThe Families\\u2019 Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice,\\u201d was published in June. That interview begins at the 21:04 mark.