It increased economic opportunities for many African Americans.
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The World War 1 did contribute to the immigration of the African Americans to the US because they were used as soldiers and back up.
World War 2 effected woman in many ways varying on location such as: -Women got to work outside the house for the first time. Many women worked in factories to help out in the war effort. -African American woman helped out in the war effort too, but African Americans were segregated from the Whites. -Japanese American woman were locked away in internment camps.
The great African American migration was because the share croppers of the South decided to move to northern cities and get factory jobs. This started in 1916-1930. These African Americans were able to get factory jobs because many of the white men were in the army for World War I.
Both women and African-Americans participated in World War I. Women fulfilled the traditional auxillary roles as nurses as well as taking over many men's jobs in factories making munitions and other needed materials used in the war. African-Americans served in segregated units with the US Army. After some prodding by leaders like WEB DuBois to convince the military to use them for more than just labor details, units served with distinction as combat troops in France.