The Double V Campaign av Lea Lyon

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<p>The rousing story of the Double V Campaign, started during World War II to encourage Black Americans to fight for freedom overseas and at home.</p><p>When the United States entered World War II, young African Americans across the country faced a difficult dilemma. Why should they risk their lives fighting for freedoms in other nations that they did not have at home? The solution: fight two wars at once¿for freedom abroad and freedom for Black people in America. A Double Victory!</p><p>In The Double V Campaign, Lea Lyon details this fascinating, little-known part of American history. A young journalist, civil service employee, and aircraft plant cafeteria worker named James G. Thompson came up with the simple yet powerful Double V slogan to represent the fight for victory against the enemy abroad and the fight for victory against racial discrimination at home. Lyon shows how the popular Black-owned newspaper the Pittsburgh Courier, along with other Black newspapers, activists, the NA