Desegregating the Armed Forces

Much of the American South was governed by Jim Crow laws, segregating White and Black communities (and other areas of the country).  Desegregating the military and war effort jobs was a crucial first step towards the Civil Rights Movement which will swing into full force after the war.

STEP ONE: Watch this short video on the Tuskegee Airmen

STEP TWO: Read paragraph 1, 2 and 4 ONLY of this document https://www.ourdocuments.gov/print_friendly.php?flash=false&page=&doc=84&title=Executive+Order+9981%3A+Desegregation+of+the+Armed+Forces+%281948%29 on the desegregation of the Armed Forces.

STEP THREE: Take the Quiz. below.