Double V campaign
This article is about the African-American slogan during World War II. For the letter in the modern English alphabet, see W.
Double V campaign was a slogan and drive to promote the fight for democracy abroad and within the United States for African Americans during World War II. The campaign first appeared in the African-American newspaper Pittsburgh Courier on February 7, 1942. The slogan was prompted by a response to the letter, "Should I Sacrifice to Live 'Half American?'" by 26-year-old reader James G. Thompson.[1] Pitched as "Democracy – Double Victory, At Home - Abroad", the campaign highlighted the risks African Americans took while they fought in the military campaign against Axis powers while denied full citizenship within the United States.[2]
See also
- American propaganda during World War II
- Civil Rights Movement
- Isaiah Bradley - fictional character from Marvel Comics uses shield with Double V campaign emblem.
Reference
- ↑ Washburn, Patrick S. (August 1981). The Pittsburgh Courier's Double V Campaign in 1942 (PDF). Annual Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University.
- ↑ James, Rawn, Jr. (2014). "The Double V". The Double V: How Wars, Protest, and Harry Truman Desegregated America's Military. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. pp. 137–143. ISBN 9781608196227.
Further reading
- Copeland, David (2010). The Media's Role in Defining the Nation: The Active Voice. Peter Lang. pp. 206–208. ISBN 9781433103797.
- Gershenhorn, Jerry (2006). "Double V in North Carolina: The Carolina Times and the Struggle for Racial Equality During World War II". Journalism History 32 (3): 156–167.
- Puckett, Dan J. (2010). "Double V Campaign". In Alexander, Leslie M.; Rucker, Walter C., Jr. Encyclopedia of African American History. ABC-CLIO. pp. 745–746. ISBN 9781851097746.
- Ward, Thomas J., Jr. (2008). "Double V Campaign". In Brown, Nikki L. M.; Stentiford, Barry M. The Jim Crow Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 247–249. ISBN 9780313341816.
External link
- "Should I Sacrifice to Live 'Half American?'" written by James G. Thompson and published in the Pittsburgh Courier on January 31, 1942.
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