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African American Double Victory Plan

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Accordingly, many people feel that they are more special than the Africans Americans because they have more power. African Americans had to deal with discrimination during WWII, they felt the need to come up with something that could tell other people there equal. When getting through the hardships they had to deal with racism, hatred, and equality. From here on out the African Americans came up with the double victory plan, they want to prove they 're not horrible people. People feel the need to tell them that they don 't belong here because they 're more special than them. Throughout the double victory plan they wanted to show that they are fighting for the same thing and they have the right to fight for their country. In the end most

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