Name: Blacks in the Military
Duration: 189
Description: Learn how blacks serving in WWII helped forward the Civil Rights Movement.

Learn how Black people serving in WWII helped forward the Civil Rights Movement.

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Blacks in the Military

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Learn how blacks serving in WWII helped forward the Civil Rights Movement.

<p>The Civil War was America's bloodiest and most divisive conflict, pitting the Union Army against the Confederate States of America. The war resulted in the deaths of more than 620,000 people, with millions more injured and the South left in ruins.</p>


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