{"title":"Anthony Walton","description":"KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR, six-time NBA Most Valuable Player, is the author of the New York Times bestseller Giant Steps,  as well as Kareem and A Season on the Reservation. ANTHONY WALTON is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Mississippi, as well as the coauthor of Reverend Al Sharpton's book Go and Tell the Pharoah.","products":[{"product_id":"brothers-in-arms-the-epic-story-of-the-761st-tank-battalion-wwiis-forgotten-heroes-paperback","title":"Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful wartime saga recounting the extraordinary story of the 761st Tank Battalion, the first all-black armored unit to see combat in World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"More than a combat story . . . it's also the story of how black soldiers had to fight (literally and figuratively) for the right to fight the Germans.\"--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKareem Abdul-Jabbar first became immersed in the history of the 761st Battalion through family friend Leonard \"Smitty\" Smith, a veteran of the unit. Working with acclaimed writer Anthony Walton, Abdul-Jabbar interviewed surviving members of the battalion to weave together a page-turning narrative based on their memories, stories, and historical accounts, from basic training through the horrors of the battlefield to their postwar experiences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTrained essentially as a public relations gesture to maintain the support of the black community for the war, the battalion was never intended to see battle. In fact, General Patton originally opposed their deployment, claiming African Americans couldn't think quickly enough to operate tanks in combatconditions. But in the summer of 1944, following heavy casualties in the fields of France, the Allies--desperate for trained tank personnel--called the battalion up anyway. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile most combat troops fought on the front for a week or two before being rotated back, the men of the 761st served for more than six months, fighting heroically under Patton's Third Army at the Battle of the Bulge and in the Allies' final drive across France and Germany. Despite a casualty rate that approached 50 percent and an extreme shortage of personnel and equipment, the 761st would ultimately help liberate some thirty towns and villages, as well as several branch concentration camps. The racism that shadowed them during the war and the prejudice they faced upon their return home are an indelible part of their story. Shining through most of all, however, are the lasting bonds that united them as soldiers and brothers, the bravery they exhibited on the battlefield, and the quiet dignity and patriotism that defined their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA powerful wartime saga in the bestselling tradition of \"Flags of Our Fathers, Brothers in Arms recounts the extraordinary story of the 761st Tank Battalion, the first all-black armored unit to see combat in World War II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366134218975,"sku":"9780767909136","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/5TvinTtL8J9780767909136.webp?v=1789084344"},{"product_id":"mississippi-an-american-journey-paperback","title":"Mississippi: An American Journey - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e To most Americans, Mississippi is not a state but a scar, the place where segregation took its ugliest form and struck most savagely at its challengers. But to many Americans, Mississippi is also home. And it is this paradox, with all its overtones of history and heartache, that Anthony Walton--whose parents escaped Mississippi for the relative civility of the Midwest--explores in this resonant and disquieting work of travel writing, history, and memoir. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTraveling from the Natchez Trace to the yawning cotton fields of the Delta and from plantation houses to air-conditioned shopping malls, Walton challenged us to see Mississippi's memories of comfort alongside its legacies of slavery and the Klan. He weaves in the stories of his family, as well as those of patricians and sharecroppers, redneck demagogues and martyred civil rights workers, novelists and bluesmen, black and white. \u003ci\u003eMississippi\u003c\/i\u003e is a national saga in brilliant microcosm, splendidly written and profoundly moving.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368466940127,"sku":"9780679777410","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/L-T63cyL_W9780679777410.webp?v=1789128476"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/anthony-walton.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}