African Americans and Japanese Americans were affected by United States participation in the Second World War.

Introduction

African Americans were affected by US participation in WWII in that it laid the foundation for social change brought about by the Civil Rights Movement.

Japanese Americans were affected by US participation in WWII

Conclusion

African Americans were limited in the roles that they could play in the war.

Tuskeegee Airmen - army believed that African Americans could not be pilots.

Black Units were segregated.

Many African Americans were able to find work in factories because of the labor shortage caused by the War.

Economic bump - helps African Americans and other groups get out of the Great depression.

Because of the jobs and money, the economic bump, the next generation of African Americs (i.e. MLK) were able to fight the Civil Rights Battles of the 1960's.

A generation of African Americans helped win the war. They are not content with taking a back seat anymore. They want to change the segregation policies in the south. WWII lays the foundation for the Civil Rights Movement.

Japanese Americans were not supportive of Japanese agression. The Tozai Club, a Japanese American club in NYC sent a telegram on Dec. 7 to the President condemning the Pearl harbor attack.

Japanese Americans were put into "detention camps" during the war to "protect" them and keep them from spying and sabotage.

Many Japanese Americans joined the military to fight in the war, in spite of the detention camps.

As a community, it seems that Japanese Americans did not hold a grudge. the believed in the country even though the country did not believe in them.

Daniel Inouye, a Senator from Hawaii and a Japanese American verteran of WWII is a perfect example of how Japanese Americans overcame stereotypes and racism to participate politically and socially in the American system.