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1 juin 2017
- doi: 10.4000/books.pufr.4204
- eisbn: 9782869064690
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Leon F. Litwack, « “Pearl Harbor Blues”: Black Americans and World War II », Presses universitaires François-Rabelais, ID : 10.4000/books.pufr.4204
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Near the end of World War II, Richard Wright visited the Schomburg Library in Harlem. The curator had told him about a recently acquired collection of letters written by black servicemen. Wright spent the afternoon reading them. Most were bitter letters, complaining of brutal treatment and expressing a cynical view of the war. “I feel deeply,” wrote one soldier, “that the most important roles Negroes are playing in this war are that of hostages to prevent Hitler, Goebbels, and company from us...