This year during the spring and fall semester, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) will be honoring the 75th anniversary of military integration through the passage of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act of 1948 and President Harry S. Truman signing of Executive Order 9981. The 2023 schedule will be readings to learn about this history.
February 2023 Book: The Double V: How Wars, Protest, and Harry Truman Desegregated America’s Military by Rawn James Jr. (Bloomsbury Press, 2013) Meeting: Thursday, February 23, 2023, 12:00PM REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mavrc-bo...
March 2023 Book: “A Defense Weapon Known to Be of Value”: Servicewomen of the Korean War Era by Linda Witt, Judith Bellafaire, Britta Granrud, and Mary Jo Binker (University Press of New England, 2005) Meeting: Thursday, March 30, 2023, 12:00PM REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mavrc-bo...
September 2023 Book: Book: What’s A Commie Ever Done to Black People? A Korean War Memoir Fighting in the U.S. Army’s Last All Negro Unit by Curtis James Morrow (McFarland & Company, 1997) Meeting: Thursday, September 28, 2023, 12:00PM Apply the 20% discount Promo Code "MAVRC2023" to receive special pricing when purchased through McFarland & Company, Inc.: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/wh... REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mavrc-bo...
October 2023 Book: Her Cold War: Women in the U.S. Military, 1945-1980 by Tanya Roth (University of North Carolina Press, 2021) Meeting: Thursday, October 26, 2023, 12:00PM Apply 40% discount Promo Code "01DAH40" for special pricing when purchased through The University of North Carolina Press: https://uncpress.org/book/97814696644... REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mavrc-bo...
February 2023
Book: The Double V: How Wars, Protest, and Harry Truman Desegregated America’s Military by Rawn James Jr. (Bloomsbury Press, 2013)
Meeting: Thursday, February 23, 2023, 12:00PM
REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mavrc-bo...
March 2023
Book: “A Defense Weapon Known to Be of Value”: Servicewomen of the Korean War Era by Linda Witt, Judith Bellafaire, Britta Granrud, and Mary Jo Binker (University Press of New England, 2005)
Meeting: Thursday, March 30, 2023, 12:00PM
REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mavrc-bo...
September 2023
Book: Book: What’s A Commie Ever Done to Black People? A Korean War Memoir Fighting in the U.S. Army’s Last All Negro Unit by Curtis James Morrow (McFarland & Company, 1997)
Meeting: Thursday, September 28, 2023, 12:00PM
Apply the 20% discount Promo Code "MAVRC2023" to receive special pricing when purchased through McFarland & Company, Inc.: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/wh...
REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mavrc-bo...
October 2023
Book: Her Cold War: Women in the U.S. Military, 1945-1980 by Tanya Roth (University of North Carolina Press, 2021)
Meeting: Thursday, October 26, 2023, 12:00PM
Apply 40% discount Promo Code "01DAH40" for special pricing when purchased through The University of North Carolina Press: https://uncpress.org/book/97814696644...
REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mavrc-bo...