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African Americans in WWII

5/7/2020

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Virtual museum exhibits: 
  • “Fighting for the Right to Fight” is a virtual exhibit that features photographs and oral histories of African American involvement in WWII, as well as the domestic issues faced at home: http://righttofightexhibit.org/home/
  • Click around this website to see more virtual exhibits from the National WWII Museum:
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    https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/african-americans-world-war-ii
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Articles:
  • This History.com article asks “Did WWII launch the Civil Rights Movement?” and discusses the influence of civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph:
    https://www.history.com/news/did-world-war-ii-launch-the-civil-rights-movement
  • An article about African American women who served as nurses during WWII from the national women's history museum:
    https://www.womenshistory.org/articles/african-american-nurses-world-war-ii
  • Read about the Double-V campaign, in an article by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.:
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    https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/what-was-black-americas-double-war/
Videos:
A clip from America: The Story of Us : 


​About the Tuskegee Airmen: 
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  • Unit Pages
    • Pre-1840 Context
    • Historical Methodology
    • Unit 1 Civil War & Reconstruction
    • Unit 2 The First World War
    • Unit 3 The Great Depression
    • Unit 4 Second World War
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  • Contact