Alert icon
We're changing our privacy policy. This stuff matters.  Learn more  Dismiss

Why African Americans fought in World War II

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon
Upgrade to the latest Flash Player for improved playback performance. Upgrade now or more info.
2,431
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on May 7, 2009

This semester I did my sophomore English project on African American soldiers in World War 2. Specifically, I researched why they would want to fight because this country was so segregated as well as what they got out of the experience even though they did not get equal positions in the army. This is a short video clip of me interviewing three veterans and asking about their experience. This made up about 3 min of my 20ish minute presentation. One, Dr. Hawkins, fought three battles in Italy. Another, Mr. Collins, trained in the states but was never sent oversee, mainly because of his race. The last, Mr. McDaniel was a Tuskegee Airman who also never saw combat. I hope you find it interesting!

Category:

Education

Tags:

License:

Standard YouTube License

  • likes, 1 dislikes

Link to this comment:

Share to:
see all

All Comments (3)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • blacks fought in world war two becuase they thought it would end segregation and white people would see them not as a threat to society but, an asset to it as full fledged citizens, they saw it as a means of fully intergrating in american society. Sadly they were wrong.

  • Excellent.  Keep up the good work.

Loading...

Alert icon
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more