Contribution of Black Americans to the war effort

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  • Created on: 04-06-17 10:29
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  • Contribution of black Americans to war effort
    • Employment of black Americans in armed forces
      • Before 1944 black soldiers not allowed to combat in marines
      • Employed as cooks, labourers and to transport supplies
    • Tuskegee Airmen
      • All black Americans
      • Won great acclaim acting as fighter escorts for US bombers
    • Injured Black Americans
      • Only blood from black soldiers could be used to treat them
      • Many whites thought mixing blood would 'mongrelise' the USA
    • Black Women
      • Served in armed forces
      • Served as nurses but only treating black men
    • Discrimination in the Navy
      • given most dangerous jobs of loading ammunition onto ships bound for war zones
      • 1944-Horrific accident killed 323 people (most of them black sailors)
    • US Air force
      • Wouldn't accept Black Pilots
      • Black Americans performed menial tasks struggled for promotions

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