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bijouxbroussard · F
In my community that generation was pretty remarkable indeed. Many of those who served, [b]volunteered[/b].
Before the Tuskegee Airmen, a few blacks who wanted to become aviators had to serve in the RAF or the French Air Service, because in the U.S. black applicants were rejected.
In WWII, they served in segregated troops, and helped defeat the Nazis, to return home to existing Jim Crow segregation laws. In spite of that, most didn’t teach their children or grandchildren to hate in return.
Before the Tuskegee Airmen, a few blacks who wanted to become aviators had to serve in the RAF or the French Air Service, because in the U.S. black applicants were rejected.
In WWII, they served in segregated troops, and helped defeat the Nazis, to return home to existing Jim Crow segregation laws. In spite of that, most didn’t teach their children or grandchildren to hate in return.