Challenges Faced By African Americans During World War II

African Americans during the cold war played a great role in the World War II. However, despite their efforts, they faced racial discriminations from fellow Americans. They were thought to be unfit for combat, and were not allowed on the front lines and racially separated from white American soldiers. This lead to the African civil leaders demanding that the government to set up African combats that are different from those of the Americans to ensure that their work was at the same levels.
Racial discrimination and prejudice made it difficult for African Americans. They were fighting against two enemies which was the racism at home as well as at war. It was also noted that black soldiers were stronger and never lost to the enemies. During
However, this was not the result and they were greatly disappointed. When the WW II came, the sons had confident that their effort in the war was going to be appreciated. However, this was not the case and they took an aggressive way to demand for recognition. The fact that so many African American were out there risking their lives and spilling blood for the same objective made it clear to others that they should have the same rights as other people. This eventually led to the civil rights movement that spearheaded their demand for equal treatment, end of racial and sexual discrimination. The movement also demanded equal employment for both races, and an end to desegregation of schools and public
The leaders were after justice, decent housing, fair and full employment, full citizenship for African Americans, and desegregation of schools. The movement gained popularity in the 1950's because of the success that resulted from earlier African American legislation. In 1941, executive order #8802 was issued. The order prohibited and discouraged racism within the defense industry (Rawnsley, 2016). Secondly, the peaceful leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr and other civil rights leaders also had great influence on the civil rights movement. They organized campaigns, marches, and boycotts. The matches by movement leaders motivated the growth of the movement. In the 1950's, a young boy Emmitt Till became a victim of racial discrimination and was killed for simply being an African-American. The Brown V. Board of Education, also ruled that it was unconstitutional to have separate facilities that were equal. This led to the desegregation of schools. However, in 1957, there was an incident where nine students were denied attendance to the Little Rock Central High simply because they were African-Americans. Also, in 1955 a majority of blacks in Montgomery, declined to ride buses for a whole year while protesting segregation (Lawson, 2014). There were also a great number of veterans of the World war II that had refused to go back to their states after fighting in Europe. This