761st Thesis
The video we watch regarding the veterans from 761st really sparks a lot of questions within me. I never quite understood why African Americans fought to defend a country that was not their native land. Nor could I figure out why they would want to defend the same people who enslaved them and ignored them even after they helped them win the war. However the video was really insightful because it allowed me to see that we truly are the reason America is so great and without us it would have crumpled. This video shows that if we wanted to make this black america because we have put more into this society than the white man ever could. It was very sad to see that even though those African American males were the reason they won the battle, they still did not get credit until years later.
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Maybe it because they wanted to let future generations know that we were very important society. For years I questioned their motives, I questioned why fighting and dying for this country was so important. I would have never thought that Africans Americans would take so much pride in fighting for this country. The fact that the 761st was the sole reason America's won the battle, was the catalyst towards accepting blacks as equally important in the army, the navy, the airforce. We as African Americans must be thankful for these man who stood up to show the white man how great we
Maybe it because they wanted to let future generations know that we were very important society. For years I questioned their motives, I questioned why fighting and dying for this country was so important. I would have never thought that Africans Americans would take so much pride in fighting for this country. The fact that the 761st was the sole reason America's won the battle, was the catalyst towards accepting blacks as equally important in the army, the navy, the airforce. We as African Americans must be thankful for these man who stood up to show the white man how great we