Question

Describe the strategy behind the Double V campaign. How did it enable African Americans to protest their circumstances without risking accusations of disloyalty?

Answer 1

"V for victory" sign prominently displayed by countries fighting "for victory over aggression, slavery, and tyranny," but adopts a second "V" to represent the double victory for African Americans fighting for freedom overseas and at home.

Lewis and the Pittsburgh Courier described their campaign against the United States, thusly, ''Victory at Home & Victory Abroad,'' also called the Double V Campaign. The intent of the campaign was to win for African Americans the blessings of the same liberty that everyone else in the United States took for granted.

African-American soldiers fighting abroad in the Second World War were still subject to segregation within the armed forces,

African Americans saw World War II (WWII) as an opportunity to advocate for massive changes in their rights and freedoms in the United States. African American leaders wanted to wage war on discrimination at home, and fascism abroad. In this lesson, we will take a look at the Double V Campaign and the impact it had on the United States during and after WWII.

African Americans served bravely and with distinction in every theater of World War II, while simultaneously struggling for their own civil rights from “the world's greatest democracy.” Although the United States Armed Forces were officially segregated until 1948, WWII laid the foundation for post-war integration

African Americans used the Great War to show their patriotism and to prove they could contribute to the protection and advancement of the country. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People encouraged this spirit of Americanism to counteract racial tension and stereotypes.