What was the role of African Americans in the world war 2?

What role did African Americans play in WWII?

167,000 African Americans served in the Navy, initially as mess attendants and cooks. They were also assigned duties as gun crews. In 1942, general service was opened for African Americans to serve in other capacities. In March 1944, the first 13 African American naval officers were commissioned.

the pogroms became known as kristallnacht, the "night of shattered glass," for the shattered glass from the store windows that littered the streets. the morning after the pogroms 30,000 german jewish men were arrested for the "crime" of being jewish and sent to concentration camps, where hundreds of them perished.

the main concern with the first draft of the articles of confederation was too much power in the state governments.