HALF AMERICAN: The Heroic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad

Tells of Black military heroes and civil rights icons such as Benjamin O. Davis Jr., the leader of the Tuskegee Airmen; Thurgood Marshall, the chief lawyer for the NAACP; poet Langston Hughes, who worked as a war correspondent for the Black press; Ella Baker, the civil rights leader who advocated for Black soldiers, veterans, and their families; and more.