More than a million Black Americans fought for the country in World War II, only to be segregated while in the service and denied civil rights when they returned home.
There's a reason the movement for civil rights gained so much momentum in the postwar years. We tell ourselves a heroic story of The Greatest Generation and its victory, but tend to leave out the Black people who made the victory possible.
That's where Matthew Delmont focuses in his book .
The author chats about shedding some light on a darker corner of our history.