Note: President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on the 1st of January 1863 at the conclusion of the civil war.Essentailly, the age of reconstruction that followed the North's Victory promised much for the Black American's But delivered very litte...

The Position of American American at the start of the period:

• Sharecropping → "slavery under another name"
• McCarthyism and the Cold War
• Affluence in America
• International nature of post-colonial Movements
• Lynching of Emmett Till

The impact of WWII on African American

Overview:

1. 1,200,000 African American individuals fought in the war. (In US army)
2. June 1941, Roosevelt issued an executive order 8802 which prohibited "discrimination in the employment of workers in defence industries and in Government because of Race, creed..."
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3. Increase Labour supply due to war economy, providing an opportunity for Black people to access skills, wealth and power that was previously unavailable to them.

• The Experience of African Americans at War
• The Rhetoric as a results of War with Germany (Double V campaign)
• Post war Period
• Summary P.A.I.D