In World War II, Britain Had to Make Anti-Racism Training Videos for U.S. Soldiers
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Racial segregation in the United States Armed Forces
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Battle of Bamber Bridge
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A 1943 mutiny by Black American soldiers in England after white MPs tried to enforce segregation at a local pub - demonstrates the real tensions the training videos were trying to address
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Double V campaign
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In World War II, Britain Had to Make Anti-Racism Training Videos for U.S. Soldiers
Have you seen this before? Did they do a good job?
Source: “A Welcome to Britain” (1943) from the U.S. National Archives.
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