Cover; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: The Dilemma of Racial Identity; CHAPTER TWO: Military Service and Citizenship; CHAPTER THREE: Mass Media in the Twentieth Century; CHAPTER FOUR: The Negro Soldier as Conversion Narrative; CHAPTER FIVE: Conflicting Narratives and Images; CHAPTER SIX: Military Conditions during World War II; CHAPTER SEVEN: Attitudinal Barriers to Change; CHAPTER EIGHT: Social Conditions for Change; CHAPTER NINE: The Influence of the Black Press; CHAPTER TEN: The Negotiation of Racial Identity; CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Challenge of Change in the Aftermath of World War II