This was a great article, thanks. I never knew the bastards had gone so far as trying to force their segregation on the local establishments, and I'm glad the locals told them where to go. It made...
This was a great article, thanks. I never knew the bastards had gone so far as trying to force their segregation on the local establishments, and I'm glad the locals told them where to go.
It made me recall a heartwarming old BBC story, which I struggled to find, that detailed some trouble it caused.
Damn, Orwell! That's actually a surprising take. The only opinions I've heard were concerning the contrast of Black experiences abroad, not so much the reception/contrast between African American...
the general consensus of opinion is that the only American soldiers with decent manners are Negroes.
Damn, Orwell! That's actually a surprising take. The only opinions I've heard were concerning the contrast of Black experiences abroad, not so much the reception/contrast between African American soliders and their white counterparts.
The article points out another angle on why Black people moved to France after the war. They were well-received as liberating soldiers, not tolerated as an accessory to the white liberators. This led to a couple decades of a sort of Black intellectual flight from the oppressive US.
I wonder what happened to the mutinous soldiers, though? Shoved in the brig, court-martialed, and served their sentences? Thrown in a deep, dark black hole for their racial uppityness and insubordination?
I think this would make a great askhistorians question. I'd like to know their names, and what became of them and their families. From the article it looks like many of their convictions were...
I wonder what happened to the mutinous soldiers, though?
I think this would make a great askhistorians question. I'd like to know their names, and what became of them and their families. From the article it looks like many of their convictions were overturned, but then the article says:
While the convictions of the troops involved at Bamber Bridge were largely commuted or overturned, soldiers returned to Jim Crow segregation in the US, with the reality that some veterans were lynched in their uniforms.
This was a great article, thanks. I never knew the bastards had gone so far as trying to force their segregation on the local establishments, and I'm glad the locals told them where to go.
It made me recall a heartwarming old BBC story, which I struggled to find, that detailed some trouble it caused.
Very similar thing happened in New Zealand
Damn, Orwell! That's actually a surprising take. The only opinions I've heard were concerning the contrast of Black experiences abroad, not so much the reception/contrast between African American soliders and their white counterparts.
The article points out another angle on why Black people moved to France after the war. They were well-received as liberating soldiers, not tolerated as an accessory to the white liberators. This led to a couple decades of a sort of Black intellectual flight from the oppressive US.
I wonder what happened to the mutinous soldiers, though? Shoved in the brig, court-martialed, and served their sentences? Thrown in a deep, dark black hole for their racial uppityness and insubordination?
I think this would make a great askhistorians question. I'd like to know their names, and what became of them and their families. From the article it looks like many of their convictions were overturned, but then the article says:
That last line makes me sick.