African American contributed a lot towards the war effort in World War II. They had many hardships to deal with by joining this war, on the homefront, the battle field and upon there return home.(http://www.historychannel.com/, There were many reasons why African Americans joined World War II. One is that some felt that if they fought to protect and defend their country, their country would reward them with equal rights when they …showed first 75 words of 589 total…

…showed last 75 words of 589 total…i believe that World War II was almost a revolutionary war for African Americans because they fought for the country and they also really frought for there freedom. They fought for there freedom, sparking the Civil Rights Movement after the war and gaining their freedom. Bibliography Anholt-White, Alison; Asermily, Laura. America pathways to the present. New Jersey, 1998, pp. 679, 680 http://www.abest.com/~cklose/aawar.htm http://www.historychannel.com http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/aframerwar/