Effects on WW2 and the role of President Truman-USA

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  • Created by: kira
  • Created on: 04-05-11 18:57
  • WW2

What happened?

  • Huge numbers of African Americans fought in and faced racism in the army.
  • Overseas they took on a range of wartime jobs-engineers, labourers, doctors etc.

In what ways was this significant?

  • Increasing unity amongst Black Americans.
  • Many black soldiers in Europe became aware that the racism they suffered in America was not everywhere.
  • Having fought for freedom from the Nazi's abroad, they returned home and joined groups like NAACP (National Association for Advanced Coloured People) which grew to 450,000 members by 1945.

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