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What is the meaning of the Double V campaign?

The Double V campaign was a part of World War II. African-Americans used the Double V campaign because they believed they were fighting in World War II to end racism in Europe and to end discrimination in the United States.


Adolf Hitler had expressed his ideas about the superiority of the Aryan race. Those who weren’t of the Aryan race were viewed negatively. Some people, such as the Jewish people, were imprisoned and killed. African-Americans...

The Double V campaign was a part of World War II. African-Americans used the Double V campaign because they believed they were fighting in World War II to end racism in Europe and to end discrimination in the United States.


Adolf Hitler had expressed his ideas about the superiority of the Aryan race. Those who weren’t of the Aryan race were viewed negatively. Some people, such as the Jewish people, were imprisoned and killed. African-Americans were fighting to defeat these racist ideas as well as to bring democratic government to Germany and to other European countries.


African-Americans also were fighting to end discrimination in the United States. African-Americans faced discrimination in getting hired at federal defense plants. They had to suggest there would be a march on Washington, D.C. if no actions were taken to end this discrimination. This led to an executive order by Franklin D. Roosevelt ending discrimination in hiring workers in federal defense factories. President Roosevelt didn't want the leaders of the Axis Powers to think people in our country didn't support our war effort. African-Americans believed that if they were fighting for freedom, democracy, equal treatment, and an end to racist ideas in Europe, then those same ideas shouldn’t be allowed to exist in the United States.


Thus, African-Americans were fighting for victory both abroad and in the United States.

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