{"product_id":"the-double-v-a-novel-paperback","title":"The Double V - a novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarole Eglash-Kosoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights marches, and Dr. Martin Luther King, there was the Double V campaign.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1942, during the earliest days of the Second World War, a young Black man was beaten trying to enlist and serve his country. Distraught, he wrote a letter to a large Negro newspaper, \u003cem\u003eThe Pittsburgh Courier\u003c\/em\u003e, asking why he should offer his blood to a country that treated him so badly. He suggested a Double V campaign...a V for Victory in the war and a V for a victory in racial equality at home...a Double V.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reporters and staff of \u003cem\u003eThe Courier\u003c\/em\u003e successfully championed the Double V and a change in Government policy that led to full participation for America's twelve million Black Americans, including more than one million who served in the military. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the war ended, those who served expected a degree of equality. It failed to materialize and their frustrations exploded into the Civil Rights movement and today's activism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd It all began with a letter from one man. It's all true. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis novel, The Double V, \u003cstrong\u003eis a dramatization of those events.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42708383399999,"sku":"9781792353017","price":20.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/719a64a98a45913d143cbd951d314261.webp?v=1765047595","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-double-v-a-novel-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}