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Transcript: Interview: Christopher Paul Moore talks about the role of black soldiers in America's wars
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TONY COX
NPR Special
01-21-2005
Interview: Christopher Paul Moore talks about the role of black soldiers in America's wars
Host: TONY COX
Time: 9:00-10:00 AM
TONY COX, host:
When it comes to African-Americans serving in the armed forces, history books quite often begin and end their coverage with Crispus Attucks, a free black man and one of the first American casualties of the Revolutionary War. But blacks have played important roles in all of America's wars, particularly World War II. From Tuskegee to Normandy, Iceland to Egypt, their stories are chronicled in Christopher Paul Moore's new book, "Fighting for America: Black Soldiers--The Unsung Heroes of World War II." Mr. Moore is ...