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Charles Roper 10/21/08 Block: 2  I feel like that the white men fighting in the war on the same side as me do not appreciate me and all black soldiers. We are the only army with segregated troops and many other allies don’t understand why our troops are segregated. The whites even know that we are just as good as them and deserve their respect for instance Doris Miller was a black stationed in Pearl Harbor and he came to the rescue of his other shipmates by transporting the wounded to safety not mattering if they were white or black. (Depression, page 3) Many Civil Right leaders back in America are using this war as a dual response or also known as “Double D” the campaign stagey is to support the war but at the same time fight segregation. Over 2.5 million African American registered for military service during WWII but unfortunately only one million were given the chance to serve their country.(Chronology, page 2) African Americans were not the only ones that were being discriminated against other races like Native Americans, Mexicans Americans, and Asians were all not being treated as well as the whites were being. A. Philip Randolph is the president and founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porter and the nation’s most respected African American labor leader. He is leading protest against discrimination against African Americans in the work force and in the military. (Danzer, page 566) Thankfully the air force was not as bad just the training for the pilots is segregated but hundreds are given the chance to serve their country.    __Profile: __ Gender: Male Age: 22 Born: 1920 Job: Black Soldier in WWII  **__Works Cited __** “A Chronology Of African American Military Service From WWI through WWI” __WWI Though ____WWII__. 10/21/08 http://www.redstonearmy.mil/history/integrate/chron3b.htm Danzer, Wilson, Woloch “Mobilizing for defense” __The Americans__ USA: Rand McNally and Company, 2003. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">“The Depression, The New Deal, and World War II” __African American Odyssey__. 10/20/08. 10/21/08 http://lcweb2.loc.gov/amenaaohtml/exhibit/aopart8.html

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