African+Americans+at+Home

=**African Americans at Home **=

Background:
Although all American Citizens fought tirelessly in World War II African American's had the greatest struggle of all not only battling overseas but also at home. Due to their race they were always second class citizens in the US. They were denied many rights, specific jobs and were expected to fight in segregated troops. They grew tired of this treatment and desired to defend their country. They no longer kept quiet and began to threaten protest of discrimination.

Roosevelt and the Executive Order 8802:
To avoid protest Roosevelt Orders the Executive Order 8802 reinforcing the "policy of full participation in the defense program by all persons, regardless of race, creed, color, or national origin."

The United States Needs All Involved in the War Effort:
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 * The US uses propaganda to influence all citizens to treat one another equally because they need the help of the African Americans in the War not only the men but the women too.
 * The African American's aid with the war with great enthusiasm happy to defend their country
 * Over 2.5 million African American men registered for the draft. Many African American women also volunteered in large amounts. These men and women just like any Caucasians were awarded praise for their brave actions

The Great Migration:

 * The Great Migration which had already been in progress was accelerated by World War II.
 * African America's migrated north to fill the jobs of men who had gone to war
 * [[image:http://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/ww2-pictures/images/african-americans-wwii-251.jpg width="240" height="288" align="right"]]There was less opportunity in the south because the "invention of the mechanical cotton picker pushed African Americans out of the south and towards to northern industrial areas. African American’s once only 2 percent of Chicago’s population was now 33 percent."
 * The Great Migration established the foundation for black political power, buisness enterprise, and union activism

The Double V Campaign:

 * =====African American's Double V Campaign strives for a double Victory or a "Double V".=====
 * They wanted victory both at home with their civil rights and abroad against the enemy.

Tuskeegee Airmen:

 * African American's had been denied the right to opperate machinery such as the aircraft because of the naive belief African American's were not intelligent, skilled, couragous, or patriotic.
 * Many men who were determined to defend the United States who were qualified mentally and physically travled from all over the United States to train to become initially single-engine pilots. However, they later became twin-engine pilots, navigator, and bombardiers.
 * Most men were college graduates or undergraduates. Otherwise they would prove their intelligence with an entrance exam.
 * This was the first aircraft schooling for African American's
 * in the first class of 13 men 5 graduated and became pilots
 * Although these men achieved greatness as airmen they still faced a great deal of racism

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*Double V Campaign - []

*United We Win- []

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