Examples Of Racism In The Port Chicago 50

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Unfair judgment, mistreatment, and racism; sadly all of this is still happening to this day all around the world. During World War II,all the African American men had different lives than whites did. Life was harder for them. They represented courage under fire. If you don't know what that means, courage under fire means to stay strong with all the negativity and racism you may have to deal with. To conclude, courage under fire means staying strong throughout tough times. This is shown in the book, The Port Chicago 50 by Joe Small, Rives Bell, and Thurgood Marshall.

To start off, Joe Small shows “courage under fire” when in chapter The Policy, “This became a pattern with Joe Small. He didn’t go around asking for respect, but

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