African Americans in WWI and WWII
... This was not the case in the past, however, especially with African Americans. While today African Americans are finally treated with the same amount of respect and equality as all other men, the story was totally different during World War I and World War II. In both wars, African Americans tried desperately to help their country. In WWI it was as ground troops, and in WWII they were more predominant through the air in fighter planes. ... Although African Americans took different roles fighting for our country in WWI and WWII, their underlying concern in each war was to achieve equal treatment from the United States military. ... After the government realized they needed more men in their forces, African Americans were finally given an equal chance to join the military. ... Before the act was passed, however, many African Americans were already making a valiant effort by joining the armed forces in an effort to prove their “loyalty, patriotism, and worthiness for equal treatment in the United States.