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Policies For African Americans in the Army

he best interest politics and not in the interest of the black community. It was as though the black community was being "suckered" into re-electing politicians.On October 9, 1940 Officers Candidate School (OCS) was open to blacks, but graduates could serve only in black units where white officers held command position. " Not integrating colored and white enlisted personnel in the same regimental organizations," was part of the policy there it once again waxed based stipulated loss, that's open the doors and creativity in visible various Army justified themselves by a holding basis of segregation picture it the statement of justification was included in the policy and used as a means of research, its read, "over a long period of years, changes will produce situations destructive to morales and detrimental to the preparations of National Defence."After the reelection of President Roosevelt, blacks realized that other than few a point made by the President he was not upholding his promises. During a 1940 census it was revealed that blacks made up nearly 10% of United States population. Only 1% of appointees to the staffs local draft boards were black. Blacks up only 5.9% of the army compared to the promised 10 % by the President. A march on Washington was called by A. Philip Randolph, but it becauses the government did not want to risk humilitation in the eyes of its allies, the president meant " Randolph. A week before the march was to happen the president signed executive order 8802 into law. This policy stood behind the unstated Jim Crow laws that our nation continued to thrive on. The integration politics of WWII seemed to hold a steady pace of 0 mi. per hour. Blacks did not receive the of racial equality they deserved; policies put into action canceled themselves out the U.S. was at a stand still trying to save face in politics and the war. Blacks were simply the issue then. The U.S. used them as nothing more than politic...

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