TAMU Press, Date: 1995-05-01. Hardcover. Used: Good. 1995. TAMU Press ISBN 0890966370 9780890966372 [US]

The Texas A & M University Press, College Station.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Date: 1995. First Edition. 0890966370 . 1st Edition. Book is a hardcover. Book and dustjacket are in Fine condition. In Jim Crow Texas when black soldiers return from war they are met with harsh segregation. Published by Texas A&M University Press. 223 pages. ; Standard Book Size; 223 pages . 1995. The Texas A & M University Press, College Station. ISBN 0890966370 9780890966372 [US]

College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, Date: 1995. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. AS NEW IN DJ. 1995. Texas A&M University Press ISBN 0890966370 9780890966372 [US]

Hardback. New. In Jim Crow Texas, black Regular Army units returning victoriously from Cuba and the Philippines collided head-on with local segregation and bigotry. As the soldiers' expectations of dignity and respect met with racial restrictions and indignities from civilian communities, a series of violent episodes erupted. Although confrontations also occurred elsewhere, the most notorious were in Texas, beginning with an 1899 clash between white lawmen in Texarkana and black soldiers riding a troop train west after returning from Cuba. The first truly violent episode came in 1906, when troops were accused of attacking Brownsville after civilian provocations. In 1917 a full-scale battle in Houston resulted in fifteen dead and twenty-one injured. Between 1899 and 1917, a series of other face-offs--some involving the complex relationships of blacks with local Hispanic populations--occurred when black soldiers stood up for their rights or their lives in San Antonio, Laredo, El Paso, Rio Grande City, Del Rio, and Waco. This little-known story, never before told in full, illuminates the collision of racial discrimination with racial pride and reveals once again the petty biases, institutionalized racism, and mutual suspicions that have divided American society. But it is also a story of lofty aspirations too long delayed, of the transformation of a downtrodden race into a self-confident people, and of the noble attempt, however dangerous its means, to realize full ...

ISBN10: 0890966370, ISBN13: 9780890966372, [publisher: Texas A&M University Press] Hardcover 223 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.
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