African Americans In The Vietnam War
Statistics from 1967 inform us that while 11 of the United States population was African American there existed a disproportionate number once the draft occurred. The Vietnam War saw the highest proportion of blacks ever to serve in an American war. How Two Black G I S Were Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For Speaking Against The Vietnam War By Laura Smith Timeline Involvement 1965-69 blacks who formed 11 percent of the American population made up 126 percent of the soldiers in Vietnam. African americans in the vietnam war . During the height of the US. Welcome to the virtual library of materials published about African-American involvement in the Vietnam War. Implemented in 1966 Robert. In the 1960s and 1970s the United States long history of racial inequality and segregation culminated in the civil rights movement. The interviews are adroitly interspersed with the clips from Vietnam. African Americans often welcomed their assignment to Vietnam in the early days of the wa