Reviews
"[James] skillfully examines how the Caucasian-dominated military, with a few notable exceptions in the top ranks, treated African-American members as second-class citizens… An inspiring story spanning parts of five centuries as African-Americans pushed back against the powers that be to achieve more-or-less equal treatment inside the military."- Kirkus, Smart and insightful...an immensely readable book with plenty of modern relevance as today's American military considers who should be able to fight and how... James [is ]an excellent storyteller., "Smart and insightful...an immensely readable book with plenty of modern relevance as today's American military considers who should be able to fight and how… James [is ]an excellent storyteller." - Christian Science Monitor "As long as inequality persists, this tale of persistence, sacrifice, and triumph will continue to inspire."- Publishers Weekly "[James] skillfully examines how the Caucasian-dominated military, with a few notable exceptions in the top ranks, treated African-American members as second-class citizens… An inspiring story spanning parts of five centuries as African-Americans pushed back against the powers that be to achieve more-or-less equal treatment inside the military."- Kirkus "An engaging book."- Library Journal "Provide[s] important perspective."- Bookpage "Well-written, well-researched." -History Book Club, As long as inequality persists, this tale of persistence, sacrifice, and triumph will continue to inspire., "Smart and insightful...an immensely readable book with plenty of modern relevance as today's American military considers who should be able to fight and how… James [is ]an excellent storyteller." - Christian Science Monitor "As long as inequality persists, this tale of persistence, sacrifice, and triumph will continue to inspire."- Publishers Weekly "[James] skillfully examines how the Caucasian-dominated military, with a few notable exceptions in the top ranks, treated African-American members as second-class citizens… An inspiring story spanning parts of five centuries as African-Americans pushed back against the powers that be to achieve more-or-less equal treatment inside the military."- Kirkus "Provide[s] important perspective."- Bookpage "Well-written, well-researched." -History Book Club, "Smart and insightful...an immensely readable book with plenty of modern relevance as today's American military considers who should be able to fight and how... James [is ]an excellent storyteller." -- Christian Science Monitor "As long as inequality persists, this tale of persistence, sacrifice, and triumph will continue to inspire." -- Publishers Weekly "[James] skillfully examines how the Caucasian-dominated military, with a few notable exceptions in the top ranks, treated African-American members as second-class citizens... An inspiring story spanning parts of five centuries as African-Americans pushed back against the powers that be to achieve more-or-less equal treatment inside the military." -- Kirkus "An engaging book." -- Library Journal "Provide[s] important perspective." -- Bookpage "Well-written, well-researched." -- History Book Club, "As long as inequality persists, this tale of persistence, sacrifice, and triumph will continue to inspire."- Publishers Weekly "[James] skillfully examines how the Caucasian-dominated military, with a few notable exceptions in the top ranks, treated African-American members as second-class citizens… An inspiring story spanning parts of five centuries as African-Americans pushed back against the powers that be to achieve more-or-less equal treatment inside the military."- Kirkus, Rawn James, Jr.'s moving and gracefully written Root and Branch reconstructs one of the most influential collaborations in American history. With artful prose and careful scholarship, James documents how Charles Hamilton Houston and Thurgood Marshall-first as teacher and student, and later as trusted friends and colleagues-spearheaded the NAACP's epochal legal assault on Jim Crow., "As long as inequality persists, this tale of persistence, sacrifice, and triumph will continue to inspire."- Publishers Weekly "[James] skillfully examines how the Caucasian-dominated military, with a few notable exceptions in the top ranks, treated African-American members as second-class citizens… An inspiring story spanning parts of five centuries as African-Americans pushed back against the powers that be to achieve more-or-less equal treatment inside the military."- Kirkus "Well-written, well-researched." -History Book Club, With deft portrayals of Charles Hamilton Houston and Thurgood Marshall and captivating accounts of the cases they were involved in, Rawn James, Jr. brings back to our attention two central figures in the nation's efforts to use constitutional law to confront and overcome our history of segregation and racism., Informative, readable account of the struggle, in Marshall's words, 'to eliminate root and branch all vestiges of racial discrimination.", Informative, readable account of the struggle, in Marshall's words, 'to eliminate root and branch all vestiges of racial discrimination, [James] skillfully examines how the Caucasian-dominated military, with a few notable exceptions in the top ranks, treated African-American members as second-class citizens... An inspiring story spanning parts of five centuries as African-Americans pushed back against the powers that be to achieve more-or-less equal treatment inside the military.
