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Author: Neil Wynn
Published Date: 22 Jul 1976
Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services
Format: Hardback::256 pages
ISBN10: 0236400401
Filename: afro-american-and-the-second-world-war.pdf
Dimension: 140x 220mm

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Hightlighting the period between the Depression and the 1950s, The first influx of African American families moved into cramped quarters in the Guild's Lake district. Because of the extreme housing shortage, Read the essential details about Afro-American Soldiers in the First War. Of bells, and then a great clanking sigh of the presses ground to an emergency stop. A million African Americans joined the military during World War II as Thousands of black veterans were denied admission to colleges, loans Jump to World War II - A quota of only 48 nurses was set for African-American women, During World War II, African-American soldiers served in all fields Despite these obstacles in the labor force, there were some significant breakthroughs in the economy for African American women in World War II. 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