World War II (sep 1, 1939 – sep 2, 1945)

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FIGHTING ON TWO FRONTS:
- 1,000,000 African Americans in U.S. army: fighting fascism abroad and racial discrimination at home
- parallels between white supremacy in USA and Nazism
- segregation: in army and Red Cross blood donation
- returning black WWII veterans were denied jobs or housing

NOTABLE VETERANS:
- Josephine Baker: spy for French resistance
- Doris "Dorie" Miller: "the first national hero of World War II" and the first African American to be awarded the Navy Cross (crewman aboard the West Virginia in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941)

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