Useful Links
The Double V Victory
During World War II, African Americans made tremendous sacrifices in an effort to trade military service and wartime support for measurable social, political, and economic gains. As never before, local black communities throughout the nation participated enthusiastically in wartime programs while intensifying their demands for social progress.
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/double-v-victory
What Was Black America’s Double War?
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/what-was-black-americas-double-war/
Bell Ringer: The Double V Campaign During World War II
https://www.c-span.org/classroom/document/?10864
Double V for Victory: The Effort to Integrate the U.S. Military
https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/double-v-for-victory-the-effort-to-integrate-the-us-military
Langston Hughes and the Double V Campaign (1944-1945)
https://exhibitions.lib.udel.edu/langston-hughes/langston-hughes-double-v-campaign/
The Double V campaign as treason
http://www.pbs.org/blackpress/educate_event/treason.html
Primary Sources
Pittsburgh Courier, “"The Double V Campaign"
https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/939.
"Double V Girl": Photomontage of young woman in dress and hat posing with Double V
https://collection.cmoa.org/objects/33a2e8dd-afd2-4f6c-a2cb-52e3c1e502d2
German Leaflet for Black American Soldiers
https://perspectives.ushmm.org/item/german-leaflet-for-black-american-soldiers/collection/black-americans-and-world-war-ii
Purpose & Impact of the Double V Campaign
Articles and Clippings about the Double V Campaign
https://www.newspapers.com/topics/world-war2/double-v-campaign/
James G. Thompson's letter to the editor: "Should I Sacrifice To Live 'Half-American?'"
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33240765/james-g-thompsons-letter-to-the/ and
https://perspectives.ushmm.org/item/should-i-sacrifice-to-live-half-american
https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/939.
"Double V Girl": Photomontage of young woman in dress and hat posing with Double V
https://collection.cmoa.org/objects/33a2e8dd-afd2-4f6c-a2cb-52e3c1e502d2
German Leaflet for Black American Soldiers
https://perspectives.ushmm.org/item/german-leaflet-for-black-american-soldiers/collection/black-americans-and-world-war-ii
Purpose & Impact of the Double V Campaign
Articles and Clippings about the Double V Campaign
https://www.newspapers.com/topics/world-war2/double-v-campaign/
James G. Thompson's letter to the editor: "Should I Sacrifice To Live 'Half-American?'"
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33240765/james-g-thompsons-letter-to-the/ and
https://perspectives.ushmm.org/item/should-i-sacrifice-to-live-half-american
Lessons
TeachNYPL: World War II and the Double V Campaign (Gr. 10-12)
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/11/12/classroom-connections-wwii-double-v-campaign-gr-10-12
LESSON PLAN: A Double Victory? The Legacy of African Americans in WWII
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/sites/default/files/2017-07/fftrtf-education-packet.pdf?_ga=2.69622104.955226978.1504105304-727456472.1503351408
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2013/11/12/classroom-connections-wwii-double-v-campaign-gr-10-12
LESSON PLAN: A Double Victory? The Legacy of African Americans in WWII
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/sites/default/files/2017-07/fftrtf-education-packet.pdf?_ga=2.69622104.955226978.1504105304-727456472.1503351408