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Most black soldiers in the army and navy were mistreated, because of the color of their skin.Black soldiers returning home were attacked by white mobs and lynched.In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee , a black man named Tom Robinson was wrongly accused of raping a white woman and was sentenced to death because their were 2 white testimonies saying he raped the woman although the evidence proved otherwise. President Roosevelt said that entering WWII was to upheld democracy freedom and liberty in the world, but black soldiers didn't receive that liberty or freedom.
Most black men when WWII came were excited because they finally got to prove themselves. Only to find out they’ve been bamboozled. The only black men were allowed to do was load cargo ships and clean clothes. If they wanted to fight with the other soldiers or go sailing there job was to be a mess hand or a steward but neither got the privilege to fight for their freedom. Many black men were outraged some would pretend to be insane just to go home. The big lie they were told sparked lots of outrage against the United States. Black people and soldiers were just sick of it that is one of the reasons the Civil Rights …show more content…
Although he talks about this it didn't relate to back home black men were still attacked wrongly sentenced and discriminated, it didn't make sense in the navy they couldn't even fight for their freedom or liberty during this time America was hypocritic. He would say that it would take to make to change our roots or their racist ways so they just didnt. Its was just like in To Kill A Mockingbird when Tom Robinson testified that he hadn't raped that woman but the jury didn't believe him because it was 2 white men and women's testimony over 1 black

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