WWII

11. The late 1940s saw an improvement in the rights and respect accorded black Americans, thanks largely to the important role they played in World War II.  What were the principles for which the Allies fought in World War II?  Why did that war specifically cause white Americans to rethink their own values and racial policies?

The assertion above is an image of white and black men in WWII.


The principles for which the Allies fought in WWII were freedom of speech, worship, want, and fear.  The war specifically cause white Americans to rethink their own values and racial policies because in order to survive through the war, they had to work as a team so the color of your skin, the texture of your hair, the color of your eye didn't matter anymore.  They had two goals which were to stay alive and win the war.  They came to a realization that the amount of meleanin in your skin didn't matter, we're all capable of the same thing, we all want the same thing, we all need the same thing! They came to an agreement that there's no "I" in "Team", which provoked them to work as one but not segregated as they once was before.