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Black Veterans After WWII
Everyone remembers V-J Day. But nobody remembers what happened to the Black veterans who came home. On August 14, 1945, President Truman announced Japan's surrender and the end of World War II. But for the more than one million Black Americans who fought in segregated units — the Tuskegee Airmen, the 761st Tank Battalion, the Red Ball Express drivers — the war they cared about was just beginning. This is the story of the Double V Campaign: victory against fascism abroad, victory against Jim Crow at home. From the cafes of France where they were treated as men, to the train platforms of…
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