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What are two things that African Americans did to help the war effort? Question from Historian’s Notebook— African Americans in WWII

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Answer: Africans served in the armed forces in segregated units. They were also very important as factory workers who assisted with the production of war material.

Explanation: The Second World War represented a unique opportunity for African Americans to address structural inequities in American life. The Great Migration, the movement of more than 1 million African Americans from the rural south to the urban south, north and west meant they factored as important players in the emerging industrial order.

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