Lt. Williams on the Color Front - Bell Jr., Christopher C.
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This novel "LT. Williams on the Color Front" harkens back to the racism and racial segregation in the U.S. Army in the early 1950s in Germany when the Army began racial desegregation efforts. Often, such efforts prompted White-against-Black face-offs or virtual white "Color Fronts" of resistance against desegregation. This novel is the tense, action-filled story of Negro Lieutenant Neal Williams' coming of age as he struggles against the efforts of prejudiced white officers who scheme to prevent him from succeeding as a newly assigned platoon leader in what has been an all-white infantry regiment.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
This novel "LT. Williams on the Color Front" harkens back to the racism and racial segregation in the U.S. Army in the early 1950s in Germany when the Army began racial desegregation efforts. Often, such efforts prompted White-against-Black face-offs or virtual white "Color Fronts" of resistance against desegregation. This novel is the tense, action-filled story of Negro Lieutenant Neal Williams' coming of age as he struggles against the efforts of prejudiced white officers who scheme to prevent him from succeeding as a newly assigned platoon leader in what has been an all-white infantry regiment.
Autorenporträt
Christopher C. Bell Jr. is a black man, a poet, an essayist, a lecturer on racial and ethnicity studies, a Doctor of Education (Boston University Graduate School of Education), and a retired Army major who served as a lieutenant in Germany during the 1950s. He also served in Korea (twice), France (twice), Vietnam, and Ethiopia. These assignments and travels expanded his awareness and sensitivity about peoples and cultures and moved him to write about his experiences. More information about Chris and how to purchase his books is available at his website at www.christopherbellbooks.com