In World War II the Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American military aviators in the United States armed forces. Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. was an Air Force general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen. He was the second African American General in the US Air Force.
A significant number of African-American regiments were formed by the end of the war, and participated actively in several battles. African Americans suffered tremendous casualty rates, partly because the South refused to accept them as prisoners; most captured blacks were killed outright. Black Americans also did many non-combat jobs for the military and for industry.
He refuse to extend civil rights to African Americans
African Americans could not join until after the Emancipation Proclamation.
works to provided employment and educational opportunities to African Americans during the civil rights movement
it took african americans 13 years to secure their civil rights. :D
No, it was not manda tory for African-Americans to serve the Union Army. All African- Americans did this on their own free will.
the african americans were still in slavery during the civil war
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African Americans could not join until after the Emancipation Proclamation.
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worked on plantations
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African Americans could not join until after the Emancipation Proclamation.
The civil war was about slavery so aferican Americans would enlist to fight for their freedom
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They enlisted in the Union Army
African Americans were brought over as slaves. That is more that unfair treatment. Some were convinced that African Americans were less able than Caucasians.