HST 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: 101St Airborne Division, Orval Faubus, Dixiecrat
Document Summary
A word or two about the power of the essay. Essays as a genre have long tradition, especially in american political and intellectual life. Compactness and portability, they continue to appear everywhere. The power derives from the ideas and manner of expression, rather than basic documentation. Fundamentally an exercise in persuasion, an argument - requiring writers to address their readers directly. The opportunity to speak in your own voice. Subverts the purpouse and achievements post-civil war reconstruction. After a bad experience with wwi, black americans adopt a domestic protest agenda during wwii. Victory at home over jim crow, victory abroad over fascism. Only manual labor and kitchen detail on navy and coast guard. Ban on black servicemen in marine corps and army air corps. Black workers are only 3% of defense industry. White men would go on strike and halt the war effort if a black man was hired to a skill position.
