1.What was the nature of African-American status and life in theSouth before World WarII?
2.What was the “national” objective for America’s participation within World War II? How did African-Americans apply this “national” objective to their “specific” objective?
3.Per this episode, what were some examples of African-Americans asserting themselves during WWII and immediately afterwards?Why do you think some of these initiatives were spearheaded by African-American WWII veterans?
4.As this episode concludes, what was the biggest civil rights achievement made by the early 1950s?
5.Look up the definition for the term: “watershed”.Given its definition, explain how WWII could be considered an “historical watershed”.
