Book contents
- A Black Army
- Military, War, and Society in Modern American History
- A Black Army
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: An Experiment in Race Relations
- 1 An All-Black Post in the Middle of the Arizona Desert
- 2 Fourteen Thousand Black Infantrymen
- 3 Separated by the Color Line
- 4 A State-of-the-Art All-Black Hospital
- 5 Fry: City of “Vice”
- 6 A “Plantation”?
- 7 Respectable Women
- 8 An Experiment in Integration
- 9 The First Departure
- 10 A Southern Ambiance
- 11 The Mecca of Entertainment?
- 12 Ready for Combat
- Conclusion: The Outcome of an Experiment
- Notes
- Sources and Select Bibliography
- Index
10 - A Southern Ambiance
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 June 2025
Book contents
- A Black Army
- Military, War, and Society in Modern American History
- A Black Army
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: An Experiment in Race Relations
- 1 An All-Black Post in the Middle of the Arizona Desert
- 2 Fourteen Thousand Black Infantrymen
- 3 Separated by the Color Line
- 4 A State-of-the-Art All-Black Hospital
- 5 Fry: City of “Vice”
- 6 A “Plantation”?
- 7 Respectable Women
- 8 An Experiment in Integration
- 9 The First Departure
- 10 A Southern Ambiance
- 11 The Mecca of Entertainment?
- 12 Ready for Combat
- Conclusion: The Outcome of an Experiment
- Notes
- Sources and Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
After the departure of the 93rd Infantry Division, the 92nd, which had hitherto been trained at various camps, assembled at Huachuca under the leadership of General Almond, a follower of the strictest regime of segregation. Under his command, the arrival of these men and their officers provoked a brutal change: the compromises and racial adjustments initiated by the fort commander were called into question by reinforced segregation (despite the general staff’s recommendations for arrangements), yet another level of humiliation, and even more repressive court martials. The imposition of a southern racial regime on the fort came close to provoking mutinies.
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- A Black ArmySegregation and the US Military at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, 1941–1945, pp. 186 - 207Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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