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In the decades leading up to World War II, the United States Army was segregated between white and "colored" units. Before the American Civil War, the Army had very few African American enlisted-men (though many former slaves did serve in the American Revolution [citation needed]), until 1863 when regiments of black soldiers, led by white officers, began taking the field.
English. The Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II is a 1992 documentary film co-produced by Bill Miles and Nina Rosenblum and narrated by the actors Louis Gossett Jr. and Denzel Washington. Using interviews, photographs, and diary readings, it tells the story of the primarily black 761st Tank Battalion and 183rd Combat Engineers ...
September 27, 1980. (1980-09-27) (re-released February 24, 2014) Running time. 65 min. Language. English. The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter is a 1980 documentary film and the first movie made by Connie Field, about the American women who went to work during World War II to do "men's jobs." [3][4][5] In 1996, it was selected for ...
The Negro Soldier is a 1944 documentary film created by the United States Army during World War II. [1] It was produced by Frank Capra as a follow-up to his successful film series Why We Fight. The army used the film as propaganda to convince black Americans to enlist in the army and fight in the war. Most people regarded the film very highly ...
October 2, 2007. (2007-10-02) The War is a seven-part American television documentary miniseries about World War II from the perspective of the United States. The program was directed by American filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, written by Geoffrey Ward, and narrated primarily by Keith David. [1] It premiered on September 23, 2007.
Fred Kudjo Kuwornu (born 6 September 1971), is an Italian - Ghanaian filmmaker, [ 1] producer, film curator and educator who holds both Italian and American citizenship, based in New York. [ 2][ 3] He is best known as the director of critically acclaimed documentaries such as Blaxploitalian 100 Years of Blackness in Italian Cinema, Inside ...
Network. HBO. Release. August 26, 1995. (1995-08-26) The Tuskegee Airmen is a 1995 HBO television movie based on the exploits of an actual groundbreaking unit, the first African-American combat pilots in the United States Army Air Corps, that fought in World War II. The film was directed by Robert Markowitz and stars Laurence Fishburne, Cuba ...
Harpers Ferry Center - Double V Campaign Museum Exhibit. The Double V campaign, initiated by the Pittsburgh Courier from February 1942, was a drive to promote the fight for democracy in overseas campaigns and at the home front in the United States for African Americans during World War II. The idea of the Double V originated from a letter ...