African American community organized around the concept of a double victory-victory at home, as well as victory abroad.

African American soldiers would be dying for a country that had always treated them badly. Other black Americans showed resentment also, but they also

The Secretary of War planned to establish the all-black 99th Fighter Squadron and construct an airbase in Tuskegee, Alabama. The program was designed to fail but young men from all over the country proved that they could fly airplanes. By 1946, over 992 black pilots had been trained at Tuskegee. These men became known as the Red-

The 92nd and the 93rd divisions from World War I were reactivated for World War II. Black soldiers felt that it was important to serve, and die in combat. Two divisions

Company K, which was under the command of a white officer, went on it’s first patrol only two weeks after arriving on the island. The men of Company K were excited to be on their first patrol. They walked in the jungle in single file. They came across grass huts once used as a Japanese hospital. The captain ordered a dozen men to follow the trail and look for enemy soldiers. After the men went into the jungle several shots rang out. One

At this time, the War Department was renamed the Defense Department. Also, 3 million blacks among 31 million men between the ages of 18 and 38 registered for the draft. Segregation was serious. Officials were concerned with training and employing black soldiers. The Defense Department limited the number of blacks to 10.6%. The quota was hard to fill because many blacks were rejected for military service. Two reasons for their rejection were bad health and illiteracy. Diseases could be cured but illiteracy was the bigger problem. The soldiers that had that problem were sent to classes to learn basic reading and writing. Segregation also delayed induction, while the army constructed separate barracks, etc. African American camps were in the south, where they trained all year round. Many southern towns asked that African American officers or northern blacks not be sent to nearby bases.

Within twenty years of the Revolutionary War the country found itself at war with Great Britain, again. Andrew Jackson needed more men to defend New Orleans in the War of 1812. He disregarded the policy that blacks were not allowed in the military, and proposed “Free Men of Color in Louisiana”. Jackson guaranteed that there would be payment for their service in the war, but when the war ended, blacks were barred from the military once again.

race. During the summer of 1919, 16 blacks were lynched. Whites rioted in 25 cities and beat and killed innocent women and children. This summer was called the “Red Summer”.

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