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Who was A. Philip Randolph? |
Asa PhilipRandolph was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, theAmerican labor movement and socialist political parties. He was the founder ofthe Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1925. |
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Whatdid Randolph achieve in 1941? |
He achieve theMarch on Washington Movement and it was the important force in African Americanpolitics in the early 1940. It protested segregation in the armed forces. |
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Whatdid he achieve in 1948? |
He hadPresident Harry S. Truman signed a presidential order ending racial segregationin the military in July 1948. |
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Whatdid he help organize in 1963? |
He helped organizedbeing a national director of the march on Washington, D.C. Two hundred thousandblack and white Americans were there, trying to end racial discrimination. Onthe Lincoln Memorial steps he said his last major public speech. |
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What was the Great Migration? |
The GreatMigration relocated more than 6 million African American from the South to thecities of the North. |
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Howdo you think the Great Migration changed the situation for African Americans inthe United States? |
The GreatMigration gave African American a new place for them where they can live and bejust like the white folks. Blacks got an experience to discover new politicaland social challenges. Creating a new black urban culture that would expandedand influence during the future. Increased political power. |
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Whatroles did African Americans play in World War II? |
More than halfa million African Americans served in Europe. Even though they had more AfricanAmericans they still treated them different. Blacks were often classified asunfit for combat and were not allowed on front line. Mostly given supportduties and weren’t allowed to be in units with white soldiers. It changed in1941 when civil rights leaders convinced the government to set up black unitsthat African Americans can prove to them that they know how to do military taskjust like the white soldiers. |
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Whatoccurred in Detroit in 1943? |
TheCity’s demographics caused racial tensions which became the bloodiest riots inthe nation’s history. It lasted for only 24 hours on June 20th from 10:30 to11:00 p.m on June 21. It started when a fist fight broke out between a blackman and a white man ate Belle Isle Amusement Park in the Detroit River. Mostbuildings were burned in black neighborhoods. So much violence between whitesand blacks. It violence ended after President Franklin Roosevelt requestedDetroit Mayor Edward Jeffries Jr ordered six thousands federal troops into thecity. Twenty-five blacks and nine whites were killed by violence. SeventeenAfrican Americans were killed by the police. The nine whites were not killed bythe police. City suffered two million in property damages. |
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Whatoccurred in Los Angeles in 1943? |
In Los Angeles, California they were series ofracial attacks called the Zoot Suit Riots. It was between Mexican Americanyouths and European American servicemen stationed in Southern California. TheZoot Suit Riots were named from the high-waisted wool trousers and baggy,long-tailed suit coats. Started early June and it was bunch of bloody streetbrawls between the zoot-suiters and white soldiers. A lot of U.S. servicementook to the streets in taxicabs and attacked Latinos while stripping them oftheir suits. Thousands more joined after the next few days and some that werenot even in the zoot suits got attacked. It stopped June 8th and LosAngeles City Council put a ban on zoot suits. No one was killed during thislong riot. |
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What does it tell us about racial relations during World War II? |
It told us that they fought for stupid reasons. |
