More than one million Black soldiers served in World War II, laying down their lives at Normandy, Iwo Jima, and the Battle of the Bulge all while waging a dual battle against inequality at home. The stories of these Black veterans have long been cast aside in favor of the myth "Good War" fought by the "Greatest Generation." Yet without their sacrifices, the United States could not have won the war. Half American is World War II history as you've likely never read it before. In these pages are stories of Black military heroes and civil rights icons such as Benjamin O. Davis Jr., the leader of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen; Thurgood Marshall, the chief lawyer for the NAACP, poet Langston Hughes, who worked as a war correspondent for the Black press; Ella Baker, the civil rights leader who advocated for Black soldiers, veterans, and their families; and James G. Thompson, the twenty-six-year-old who set in motion the Double Victory campaign. Inspiring and galvanizing, Half American honors the men and women who dared to fight not just for democracy abroad but for their dreams of a freer and more equal America.