@article{1356092,
      recid = {1356092},
      author = {Chapman, Mark, and Fury, Veronica.},
      title = {Black soldier blues [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (52 min.).},
      year = {2006},
      note = {Title from resource description page (viewed May 24,  2011).},
      abstract = {When America established its Pacific supply base in  Australia during World War II, Australia's Prime Minister  warmly welcomed the estimated one million American  servicemen and women stationed and passing through. The  exception: black GIs. Because of the racist White Australia  Policy the black troops were initially forbidden to be  stationed on Australian shores. Between 1942 and 1945,  Australia reluctantly agreed to let African American  personnel enter, as long as they were separated from the  rest of the population. The US high command embraced the  policy and African Americans were stationed in strictly  segregated zones where they were subjected to atrocious  conditions, harsh treatment, racial hatred and even murder.  The 96th Battalion rioted out of sheer desperation. In  contrast to this official resistance, white Australians  welcomed the black American soldiers who found they were  often treated better by Australians than by their own  countrymen. This acceptance infuriated some of the white  soldiers and riots broke out in the streets of Brisbane  between white and black American soldiers. The film is told  by the American and Australian veterans who were there, now  speaking sixty years after the war. The black Americans  discuss growing up in a segregated society, joining a  segregated army, and fighting for a freedom that they  themselves did not yet possess. Study guide available.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1356092},
}