From Alabama to Margraten
From Alabama to Margraten
The Story of War Veteran Jefferson Wiggins in the Segregated US Army during World War II
Kooymans, Frans; Kirkels, Mieke
Amsterdam University Press
03/2025
176
Mole
9789048568369
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Words by Jefferson Wiggins
Preface by Matthew Delmont
Preface to the second edition
Introduction by Janice Wiggins
Introduction to the second edition
Chapter 1: Houston County, Alabama
Chapter 2: A segregated crossing to Scotland
Chapter 3: Digging graves
Chapter 4: The fields of Margraten
Chapter 5: The Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Chapter 6: American policy against racism in wartime
Chapter 7: Professional soldier or civilian
Chapter 8: A long career in education
Chapter 9: Lessons of Margraten
Chapter 10: Back to Margraten: A telephone call from the past
Chapter 11: Margraten 2009
Chapter 12: People should know!
Chapter 13: A follow-up oral history project
Chapter 14: People should know, the sequence
Epilogue by Jonathan Pieterse
Acknowledgements
Preface by Matthew Delmont
Preface to the second edition
Introduction by Janice Wiggins
Introduction to the second edition
Chapter 1: Houston County, Alabama
Chapter 2: A segregated crossing to Scotland
Chapter 3: Digging graves
Chapter 4: The fields of Margraten
Chapter 5: The Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Chapter 6: American policy against racism in wartime
Chapter 7: Professional soldier or civilian
Chapter 8: A long career in education
Chapter 9: Lessons of Margraten
Chapter 10: Back to Margraten: A telephone call from the past
Chapter 11: Margraten 2009
Chapter 12: People should know!
Chapter 13: A follow-up oral history project
Chapter 14: People should know, the sequence
Epilogue by Jonathan Pieterse
Acknowledgements
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Black American history, oral history, segregation, Dutch memorial culture, gravediggers, biography
Words by Jefferson Wiggins
Preface by Matthew Delmont
Preface to the second edition
Introduction by Janice Wiggins
Introduction to the second edition
Chapter 1: Houston County, Alabama
Chapter 2: A segregated crossing to Scotland
Chapter 3: Digging graves
Chapter 4: The fields of Margraten
Chapter 5: The Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Chapter 6: American policy against racism in wartime
Chapter 7: Professional soldier or civilian
Chapter 8: A long career in education
Chapter 9: Lessons of Margraten
Chapter 10: Back to Margraten: A telephone call from the past
Chapter 11: Margraten 2009
Chapter 12: People should know!
Chapter 13: A follow-up oral history project
Chapter 14: People should know, the sequence
Epilogue by Jonathan Pieterse
Acknowledgements
Preface by Matthew Delmont
Preface to the second edition
Introduction by Janice Wiggins
Introduction to the second edition
Chapter 1: Houston County, Alabama
Chapter 2: A segregated crossing to Scotland
Chapter 3: Digging graves
Chapter 4: The fields of Margraten
Chapter 5: The Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Chapter 6: American policy against racism in wartime
Chapter 7: Professional soldier or civilian
Chapter 8: A long career in education
Chapter 9: Lessons of Margraten
Chapter 10: Back to Margraten: A telephone call from the past
Chapter 11: Margraten 2009
Chapter 12: People should know!
Chapter 13: A follow-up oral history project
Chapter 14: People should know, the sequence
Epilogue by Jonathan Pieterse
Acknowledgements
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