African Americans After Ww2

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After World War 2, African Americans still went through some difficulties. During the war African Americans were not included in the war and were used mostly as slaves, this led to how they were still treated poorly after the war. Such as segregation, there were still events that they couldn’t attend, that other races would be allowed to attend. African Americans had still been put through using different bathrooms, buildings, traveling, eating, everything was separated. Also, their rights were very limited but the ones they did have were neglected and abused. This led to protests and marches, soldier's would risk their lives to get freedom for others. Since they would stand up for their peers, they could end up in jail or be killed

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