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- Honoring Sergeant Carter : redeeming a Black World War II hero's legacy / by Carter, Allene G.,author.(CARDINAL)669107; Allen, Robert L.,1942-2024,author.(CARDINAL)167915;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-212).- Subjects: Biographies.; Carter, Edward A., 1916-1963.; Carter, Allene G.; Medal of Honor; African American soldiers; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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- Immortal valor : the Black Medal of Honor winners of World War II / by Child, Robert,1963-author.(CARDINAL)549455;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-278) and index.Introduction - Charles L. Thomas -- Vernon J. Baker -- Willy James, Jr. -- Edward Allen Carter, Jr. -- George Watson -- Ruben Rivers -- John Fox -- Epilogue: The rest of the story -- Afterword: The long road to recognition -- Appendix: Full roster of 3rd Platoon, Company C, 614th Tank Destroyer Battalion.Tells the story of seven African American soldiers in World War II who in 1997 were finally awarded Medals of Honor for their service based on the work of a research team at Shaw University in North Carolina.- Subjects: Biographies.; Thomas, Charles L. (Charles Leroy), 1920-1980.; Baker, Vernon Joseph, 1919-2010.; James, Willy F., Jr., 1920-1945.; Carter, Edward A., 1916-1963.; Watson, George, 1914-1943.; Rivers, Ruben, 1918-1944.; Fox, John R. (John Robert), 1915-1944.; World War, 1939-1945; African American soldiers; African American soldiers; Medal of Honor; World War, 1939-1945; Medal of Honor.;
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- We face the dawn : Oliver Hill, Spottswood Robinson, and the legal team that dismantled Jim Crow / by Edds, Margaret,1947-author.(CARDINAL)189282;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-380) and index.Introduction : Gloucester County, 1948 -- Origins, 1907-1939. A world split by law and custom -- A first-class law school -- A gamble on Roanoke -- "The best student I ever taught" -- Incubation, 1939-1950. Breakthrough in Norfolk -- Storm clouds near and far -- Robinson at the helm -- Rising expectations -- "A man among men" -- Farewell to separate but equal -- Crucible, 1950-1963. Child crusade in Prince Edward County -- Segregation on trial -- Face-off at the Supreme Court -- Rocky road to a new day -- A fight to survive -- New directions -- Epilogue : 2016.The decisive victories in the fight for racial equality in America were not easily won, much less inevitable; they were achieved through carefully conceived strategy and the work of tireless individuals dedicated to this most urgent struggle. In We Face the Dawn, Margaret Edds tells the gripping story of how the South's most significant grassroots legal team challenged the barriers of racial segregation in mid-century America. Virginians Oliver Hill and Spottswood Robinson initiated and argued one of the five cases that combined into the landmark Brown v. Board of Education, but their influence extends far beyond that momentous ruling. They were part of a small brotherhood, headed by social-justice pioneer Thurgood Marshall and united largely through the Howard Law School, who conceived and executed the NAACP's assault on racial segregation in education, transportation, housing, and voting. Hill and Robinson's work served as a model for southern states and an essential underpinning for Brown. When the Virginia General Assembly retaliated with laws designed to disbar the two lawyers and discredit the NAACP, they defiantly carried the fight to the United States Supreme Court and won. At a time when numerous schools have resegregated and the prospects of many minority children appear bleak, Hill and Robinson's remarkably effective campaign against various forms of racial segregation can inspire a new generation to embrace educational opportunity as the birthright of every American child.- Subjects: Biographies.; Hill, Oliver W., 1907-2007.; Robinson, Spottswood William, III, 1916-1998.; Segregation in education; School integration; Civil rights lawyers;
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Prominent Inhabitants of Warren County: a partial list.
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