Until the Last Gun Is Silent: A Story of Patriotism, the Vietnam War, and the Fight to Save America's Soul by Matthew F. DelmontRead about the other books on the list.
Even as the Civil Rights movement was in full swing at home, more than 300,000 Black troops were drafted and sent to fight in the Vietnam War. These often impoverished soldiers left pervasive racism back home only to find themselves thrust onto the frontlines of a hotly contested war many saw as unjust. For Black Americans, the Vietnam War led a generation to question what justice really means. It's an indelible portrait of a fractured movement, a generation of veterans failed by the very country they fought for and the bravery of Black servicemen and advocates.
--Marshal Zeringue
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