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Courage Has No Color, The True Story Of The Triple Nickles (Junior Library Guild Selection (Candlewick Press)) (2013)

by Tanya Lee Stone(Favorite Author)

3.98 of 5 Votes: 5

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English

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History & Biography

publisher

Candlewick

review 1: “Courage Has No Color” is a fantastic trade book! This book is by far my most favorite trade books I’ve read. The book tells of the struggles African Americans faced with racism and segregation in the military during the WWII. This war occurred around the same time that African Americans were trying to get their rights. This book specifically tells the story of the formation and actions of the first African American paratroopers. Even after African Americans received the right to train for jumping out of planes, it took about 20 years for African American paratroopers to actually be allowed to help the war effort. They usually were given lower jobs in the military such as cooking or cleaning. The Triple Nickels finally were able to go to the war zone toward the very ... moreend of the war. The end of the book explains the social conditions that led up to the final integration of the American Military. This is definitely one of the books I will buy to have in my classroom library. I think it is so important to have the full story about the Civil War. While we were fighting the Holocaust, African Americans were fighting for equal rights in American society. I need resources like this for my teaching.
review 2: A finalist of the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award, this thoroughly-researched and engagingly-written account of the Triple Nickels is filled with pride and intriguing details about the nation's first Black paratroopers. The Army was segregated during WWII, and while its troops waged battles against Hitler, they did so within segregated units. The author includes interviews with some of the survivors of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, including First Sergeant Walter Morris. Readers today will marvel that there was a time when men and women were judged by the color of their skin and found less worthy than those whose skin color was paler. The book contains photographs and tells a story that needed to be told. This is essential reading for any history buff or humanitarian. These men broke new ground, making it possible for even more societal changes to occur. less

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