Black Troops in a Segregated Military
Black Americans answered the call to serve in WWII, only to face a strictly segregated military.
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Black Troops in a Segregated Military
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Black Americans answered the call to serve in WWII, only to face a strictly segregated military.
Despite the bravery of Black Americans in every previous war, the U.S. armed forces entered World War II strictly segregated. Draftees from the North met Jim Crow laws for the first time in Southern training camps, and some who defied them paid with their lives. Growing protests brought limited change, including air training at Tuskegee Institute and the USS Mason's Black crew.
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Black Troops in a Segregated Military
Clip: Episode 3 | 4m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
Despite the bravery of Black Americans in every previous war, the U.S. armed forces entered World War II strictly segregated. Draftees from the North met Jim Crow laws for the first time in Southern training camps, and some who defied them paid with their lives. Growing protests brought limited change, including air training at Tuskegee Institute and the USS Mason's Black crew.
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