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at first they just served food,worked in hospitals, cleaned rooms,and very little fought on the batllefield. But in 1942, they were allowed to be on the front lines, and even, and this was rare, fight with white soldiers
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What role did the ''Great Migration'' play in sparking the Harlem renaissence?
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What role did African Americans play in the struggle to end slavery?
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Or Harriet Tubman Helped the African Americans get freed
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it is to dominate
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What factors influened Americans to play a more active role in the world?
Joe Biden
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What role did Ida wells play in reform efforts for African Americans?
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They were all African-Americans who fought in the Revolutionary War.
