African Americans in the Military and Double V Campaigns

The "Double V" campaign signaled 'victory over fascism abroad and victory over racism at home'.  This was a sentiment touted in African American newspapers and embraced within African American culture, becoming the battle cry of protest groups.    

Please consider the "Double V" campaign as we begin to discuss the long civil rights movement. 

The American Revolution 

The Civil War

 World War I

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

 Tuskegee Airmen of WWII

Korean War

 Vietnam War

Operation Desert Storm

Iraq War