WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Black soldiers returning from the war found the same socioeconomic ills and racist violence that they faced before. Despite their sacrifices overseas, they still struggled to get hired for well-paying jobs, encountered segregation and endured targeted brutality, especially while wearing their military uniforms.

Detailed explanation-2: -The 369th Infantry Regiment, known as the Harlem Hellfighters, were assigned to the French Army in April 1918. In this post the Hellfighters saw much action, fighting in the Second Battle of the Marne, as well as the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jim Crow laws established separate facilities for whites and blacks across the South. In waiting rooms and rest rooms, train cars and buses, theaters and restaurants, and even on park benches, blacks and whites were kept apart. One state even passed a law requiring separate telephone booths.

Detailed explanation-4: -One of the lasting effects of World War II on African-Americans was the demand of returning black veterans to receive equal rights. An early victory in this struggle was President Truman’s desegregation of the military in 1948. Many African-American veterans later became participants in the Civil Rights movement.

Detailed explanation-5: -The African American combat units in the Pacific included the 93rd Infantry Division, the 24th Infantry Regiment (one of the original Buffalo Soldier regiments), 10 anti-aircraft battalions, and one coast artillery battalion.