Choose one of the below for your main post. Women welders, 1943; from artstor.o

Choose
one of the below for your main post.
Women welders, 1943; from artstor.org.
1.) What effect did the
World War II wartime experience have on African Americans? Did their
experiences help or hinder the progress toward equality in America? How were
they treated during World War II? Did the government take any steps to ease
discrimination against African Americans in war industries?
2.) How did the war
change African American attitudes towards their status in American society? How
did it change their aspirations?
3.) How did the rhetoric
of World War II bring the contradiction between the principle of equal freedom
and the actual status of blacks to the forefront of national life? One black
woman said about the war that it was Hitler that got blacks out of the white
folks’ kitchen. How did they “move out of the kitchen” and what
forces were behind those achievements?
4.) How did the Double
V campaign spark a civil rights movement? How successful was the Double V
campaign?
5.) Did World War II
redraw the boundaries of American citizenship? Compare the experiences of
blacks during World War I and during World War II.
6.) Franklin D. Roosevelt
said that to be an American has always been a “matter of mind and
heart,” and “never . . . a matter of race or ancestry.” Was this
true for African Americans? How did the language of freedom and democracy help
open doors of opportunity for African Americans? What obstacles remained for
full success?
7.) Eric Foner wrote,
“the language with which World War II was fought helped to lay the
foundation for postwar ideals of human rights that extend to all mankind.”
Do you agree with the statement as it pertains to African Americans? For
African Americans, during World War II and the postwar era, what freedoms were
extended or contracted?