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Source #1: The Beaumont Race Riot
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/jcb01
1.
Answer the questions about the source in complete sentences.
How was Beaumont’s African American community negatively affected by the
riots?
2.
What did local government officials do to control further problems? Explain in
at least two sentences.
3.
Why was there so much racial tension in Beaumont? Explain in at least three
sentences.
Name______________________ Class ___________ Date ______
essential question #5: what was the double v
campaign?
Source #2: Discrimination in the Military
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/alaskaWWII/
Answer the questions about the source in complete sentences.
1.
How did the military negatively view African Americans going into WWII?
2.
When African Americans were allowed in the military, what kind of
discrimination did they face? Explain in at least two sentences.
3.
What military heroics may have led to the military becoming officially
desegregated? Explain in at least three sentences.