Double-V Campaign

Source:

 Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition

Double-V Campaign

Effort by American blacks during World War II to combine a victory against fascism in the war with a victory against racial discrimination at home.

For information on

Direct efforts to influence government: See World War II and African Americans; Civil Rights Movement; Military, Blacks in the American.

Other reactions to the social inconsistencies highlighted by World War II: See Bebop; Films, Blacks in American.

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