![]() ![]() ![]() A labor of love that took nearly 10 years, this story is finally able to be told, complete with more than 100 photographs. In the beginning of World War II, only one of every 120 soldiers was black, and most of. Soldiers were fighting the world’s worst racist, Adolf Hitler, in the world’s most segregated army. Stone did extensive original research and put the pieces of this story together for the first time in full historical context for readers of any age. In the story Courage Has No Color written by Tanya Lee Stone it was during the time period of 1940 in the United States during World War II. ![]() The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, in the words of First Sergeant Walter Morris, “proved that the color of a man had nothing to do with his ability.” Learn how these men paved the way for other Black soldiers in the Army, and integrated the Army 6 months before Truman’s Executive Order. Tanya Lee Stone examines the little-known history of the Triple Nickles, America’s first Black paratroopers, who fought in an attack on the American West by the Japanese. Back on the home front, discrimination against African Americans plays out as much on Main Street as in the military. By Tanya Lee Stone Illustrator Narrator Editor Photographed. World War II is raging, and thousands of American soldiers are fighting overseas against the injustices brought on by Hitler. The True Story of the Triple Nickles: Americas First Black Paratroopers. Foreword by Ashley Bryan – Also available in paperback Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles Americas First Black Paratroopers by Tanya Lee Stone This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived. ![]()
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