In celebration of Black History Month, we have collected a list of memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories of African American veterans. We’re including all military conflicts from World War II to Iraq and Afghanistan. We hope this gives you a chance to learn about their experiences in their own words.
| A-TRAIN: MEMOIRS OF A TUSKEGEE AIRMAN by Charles W. Dryden (DB 47159) |
| AND I HAVEN’T HAD A BAD DAY SINCE: FROM THE STREETS OF HARLEM TO THE HALLS OF CONGRESS by Charles B. Rangel (DB 65068) |
| BLOODS: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE VIETNAM WAR BY BLACK VETERANS by Jake Williams (DB 21512) |
| I’M STILL STANDING: FROM CAPTIVE U.S. SOLDIER TO FREE CITIZEN–MY JOURNEY HOME by Shoshana Johnson (DB 71726) |
| INFINITE HOPE: A BLACK ARTIST’S JOURNEY FROM WORLD WAR II TO PEACE by Ashley Bryan (DB 100565) |
| LASTING VALOR by Vernon J. Baker (DB 47493) |
| REAPER: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THE DEADLIEST SPECIAL OPS SNIPERS by Nicholas Irving (DB 81337) |
| WE WERE THERE: VOICES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN VETERANS, FROM WORLD WAR II TO THE WAR IN IRAQ (DB 58665) |