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(0)Sandra M Bolzenius
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Physical Desc
xxii, 208 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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English
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"In 1945, four African American female privates who were members of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) participated in a strike at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, and opted to take a court martial rather than accept discriminatory work assignments. As the army prepared for the court-martial and civil rights activists investigated the circumstances, competing commentaries in African American and mainstream newspapers ignited a passionate public response across...