Post #1675142
2023-07-14 22:00 UTC
In August 1944, two months after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, also known as the GI Bill of Rights, the National Negro Publishers Association warned that despite its race-neutral appearance, the law would exclude Black veterans.
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@Deglassco@mastodon.social 2023-07-14 22:01
The GI Bill offered housing, education, and job training funds, along with business loans and unemployment insurance, which provided social mobility for millions of veterans. However, deliberate loopholes allowed states to deny Black veterans the rights and privileges they had earned through their service. 3/ #BlackMastodon #Histodons #History #StillWeRise
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@CoolBlenderKitten@mastodon.art 2023-07-15 11:12
@Deglassco I can't even describe how angry this makes me. I have so much respect for black people, how incredibly cool people many of them are despite the hell and injustice they had to suffer.