The ironic existence of racial segregation and pseudo-democracy in the United States of America had a detracting effect on African Americans’ advancement in society. As a result, African Americans lived under Jim Crow’s subjugation regardless of their jobs, education, and talents. Even though many civil rights activists and organizations played an active role in bringing an end to racial segregation, the 369th regiment could be considered one of the primary proponents of racial equality. Thus, in this paper, I will analyze to what extent the 369th regiment undermined and changed the racist opinion of the United States Army.
The 15th regiment, one of the many all-black regiments in WWI, included men from various parts of society who had one thing in common: black men who wanted to achieve equality without separation by proving their instrumentality in the great war. Even though the military encouraged black men to enlist it failed to give many of these men the stage in which they could prove their worth by confining them to labor battalions. General Pershing made it clear to the allies—who desperately …show more content…
Since, numbers greater than 200 represented regiments comprised of drafted men, assigning 369 to a regiment consisting of volunteers appeared nothing short of a flagrant insult. The courageous actions of Henry Johnson earned the 369th fame and respect among both friend and foe but fell short of eliciting a similar response from the U.S. Army. While the French named the 369th “Men of Bronze” and the Germans dubbed them “Harlem Hellfighters,” the general staff of the U.S. Army sent a memorandum to the French cautioning against promoting the notion of racial equality. Hence, the U.S. army implemented Jim Crow oversees by relegating black troops to stevedores and sought for a similar unjust treatment of the black soldiers under the French
The 15th regiment, one of the many all-black regiments in WWI, included men from various parts of society who had one thing in common: black men who wanted to achieve equality without separation by proving their instrumentality in the great war. Even though the military encouraged black men to enlist it failed to give many of these men the stage in which they could prove their worth by confining them to labor battalions. General Pershing made it clear to the allies—who desperately …show more content…
Since, numbers greater than 200 represented regiments comprised of drafted men, assigning 369 to a regiment consisting of volunteers appeared nothing short of a flagrant insult. The courageous actions of Henry Johnson earned the 369th fame and respect among both friend and foe but fell short of eliciting a similar response from the U.S. Army. While the French named the 369th “Men of Bronze” and the Germans dubbed them “Harlem Hellfighters,” the general staff of the U.S. Army sent a memorandum to the French cautioning against promoting the notion of racial equality. Hence, the U.S. army implemented Jim Crow oversees by relegating black troops to stevedores and sought for a similar unjust treatment of the black soldiers under the French