Analysis Of Bomb The Color Line: The War Against Jim Crow

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Chapter 3 – “Bomb the Color Line”: The War Against Jim Crow 1. Dorie miller was awarded the Navy Cross for his courage and devotion of duty in the Navy during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Two years later he was missing in action which is understandable with the racism that was happening at that time. With President Roosevelt's signing of the Selective Service Act which did not allow the blacks and whites to intermingle. This caused anger amongst the black Americans. A. Philip Randolph was shocked at President Roosevelt’s discrimination. With blacks highlighting the hypocrisy from the White House stating “White House Blesses Jim Crow”, (Takaki, 23) we must have a dual battle. Hitler in Europe and Hitler in America, this war is suppose …show more content…

World War 2 meant discrimination, racism, and segregation for African Americans. With the draft like for Winfred W. Lynn of Jamaica, New York he chose to inform his draft board that he wanted to serve armed forces without segregation by race. Lynn claimed that his induction into a segregated unit was a violation of section 4 of the draft. He was simply stating facts and was arrested draft evasion. This is a time in history that was a national emergency to fight in the war without the segregation. African Americans were wronged in the draft and serving in the war. Many of the African American soldiers wanted to offer their skills in the war but they could not because of their skin color they had to often have kitchen duty, cleaning beds, and Even Though African Americans supporting United States during WWII, they did not keep quiet about racial practices in America. With some similarities between the way Jews were treated in Germany and the way blacks were treated in America, they were saying that we are just like Hitler. “The idea of a march on Washington seized the imagination of A. Philip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.” (Takaki,

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