During World War II, African Americans faced escalating tensions full of racial discrimination. In an article from the 3/3/1942 edition of the Kansas City newspaper, The Plainsdealer, called “Join the NAACP” from the “African American Newspaper Series 1, 1827-1998” database, the need for active NAACP membership in fighting for African American rights is raised. By drawing on the historical narrative from the course readings, the primary source being presented can correlate to the need to fight the oppression of fascism at home and abroad. The language and rhetoric, or rather the meaning behind the message being presented in “Join the NAACP,” can be traced to the types of segregation employed (military and economic/industrial—Selected Service
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As part for the March on Washington Movement, Asa Philip Randolph remarked that the federal government struggled “for the integration of Negroes in the armed forces, such as the Air Corps, Navy, Army and Marine Corps of the Nation.” This point is elaborated in my NAACP article in that: “The dictator armies may be defeated by a Jim Crow Navy, a Jim Crow Army, a Jim Crow Corps; but the dictator idea will never be defeated by Jim Crowism” (Plainsdealer 7). By having a segregated army, the U.S. was succumbing to a similar form of fascism which would undermine the fight against the real …show more content…
By protesting, orchestrating marches, along with other forms of activism, African Americans made their voices heard. During the war, many African Americans took up the wartime rhetoric as part of the “Double V” campaign, which demanded for democratic victory both at home and abroad. The NAACP embodies this belief by stating that: “[i]n this world-wide war of the United States against the dictatorships, one of the most important tasks is to see that there is freedom and real democracy in our own land” (Plainsdealer 7). This brings together such a strong message as the NAACP rallies behind the “Double V” campaign of the historical narrative, fighting for true and free democracy at home in order to fascism
As part for the March on Washington Movement, Asa Philip Randolph remarked that the federal government struggled “for the integration of Negroes in the armed forces, such as the Air Corps, Navy, Army and Marine Corps of the Nation.” This point is elaborated in my NAACP article in that: “The dictator armies may be defeated by a Jim Crow Navy, a Jim Crow Army, a Jim Crow Corps; but the dictator idea will never be defeated by Jim Crowism” (Plainsdealer 7). By having a segregated army, the U.S. was succumbing to a similar form of fascism which would undermine the fight against the real …show more content…
By protesting, orchestrating marches, along with other forms of activism, African Americans made their voices heard. During the war, many African Americans took up the wartime rhetoric as part of the “Double V” campaign, which demanded for democratic victory both at home and abroad. The NAACP embodies this belief by stating that: “[i]n this world-wide war of the United States against the dictatorships, one of the most important tasks is to see that there is freedom and real democracy in our own land” (Plainsdealer 7). This brings together such a strong message as the NAACP rallies behind the “Double V” campaign of the historical narrative, fighting for true and free democracy at home in order to fascism