Date of Award
Spring 5-2018
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Degree Program
History
Department
History
Major Professor
Bischof, Guenter
Second Advisor
Millett, Alan
Third Advisor
Landry, Marc
Fourth Advisor
Citino, Robert
Abstract
Located outside of Alexandria, Louisiana, Camp Claiborne was temporarily home to more than 500,000 U.S. servicemen and women during its short existence. Thousands of German prisoners of war also were held for more than two years in a section of the camp. Racial problems stemming from the policies of Jim Crow South and the blatant inequality eventually led to an African American mutiny within the camp. The events from 1944 to 1946 at Camp Claiborne provide insight into the mindsets of white Southerners and the generation of African Americans who would influence the major civil rights victories in the following decades.
Recommended Citation
DeLucca, Claire, "Both Sides of the Barbed Wire: Lives of German Prisoners of War and African Americans in Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, 1944-1946" (2018). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 2454.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2454
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