Racial Tensions in the Military

 


"The North Vietnamese government has also indicated that it expects the 'Black Power' movement to spread in perhaps two or three years to the American military establishment. Within that time span the North Vietnamese expect the American forces in Vietnam to be seriously weakened by racial tensions which might possibly result in actual clashes between the negro and white troops." — CIA, 1967

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Military Riots
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George Daniels and William Harvey
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Billy Dean Smith
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Racism, Unrest, and Resistance
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Source: Congress. House Committee on Armed Forces. Inquiry into the Disturbances at Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, N.C., on July 20, 1969. Washington, D. C. GPO, 1969. Source: Congress. House Committee on Armed Forces. Inquiry into the Disturbances at Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, N.C., on July 20, 1969. Washington, D. C. GPO, 1969.
 
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