آداب الكوفة (Apr 2017)

African Americans and World War II, 1939-1945

  • ربيع حيدر الموسوي,
  • تغريد جاسم عطية

DOI
https://doi.org/10.36317/kaj/2017/v1.i31.6176
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 31

Abstract

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African Americans actively participated in the Second World War 1939-1945 AD. Behind their participation was high hopes for obtaining their rights as first-class citizens, after the discriminatory practices they were subjected to by both the government and society, but despite that, African Americans suffered from The same racist treatment even within the military institution, which led to an increase in the demands, and they began to organize themselves more to obtain the desired goal of freedom and equality.

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