Chapter 8, Service by Claire Carlson

World War ll Medal

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Belvin found interest in the nieghbors train set

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Summery

clairekrissie — 2014-08-29 18:30:10 UTC

Chapter 8, The Service, shows many of the struggles of African American men in the war and after the war. The Navy started enlisting more men of color and had up to 100,00 men at one point. During the war African American men who hoped to fight for their country, instead cleaned and cooked for the white men who were fighting . After the war, struggles included fighting for their right to vote, finding work, and aquiring basic necessities such as clothing.

Passage number

nelsonk17625 — 2014-08-29 18:38:07 UTC

Michele states, "The year before my dad enlisted, the navy created a separate program for negro recruits at Camp Robert Smalls, the naval station at the Great Lakes, Illinois. Named in honor of a black Civil War hero, It had been established to prepare blacks for service beyond their conventional roles as stewards, mess attendants, and occasionally musicians" (89). This quote shows that the navy has segregation but that it is getting better, as they are training men of color to do more traditional Navy jobs instead of the jobs they had previously been doing, such as cleaning and cooking.

Passage number 2

nelsonk17625 — 2014-08-29 18:52:15 UTC

Michele states, "The navy was under tremendous pressure to loosen its policy. The pressure was coming from the White House, the War Manpower Commission and even the army, whose commanding officers felt their branch had accepted more than its share of black enlistees" (86). This quote shows that the navy at the beginning of the war was very tight policy about blacks being in the navy but thanks to the Elected officials and higher ups in the military they lossened the laws of blacks being in the navy.