Analysis Of The Movie ' The Negro Soldier '

Before WORLD WAR I, military service represented a source of black pride. Black educators, clergymen, and the press frequently referred to Negro heroes of America’s past wars. After the Civil War, the U.S, Army maintained four regular Negro regiments –the 9th and 10th Calvary and the 24th and 25th Infantry. These units included veterans of the civil war and the frontier Indian fighting regiments. Retired sergeants often became respected, conservative leaders in their communities. This history set a foundation for black support and involvement in America’s future wars.

Disney has faced a large amount of criticism from critics over the tropes and stereotypes that it portrays in its animated films. This is not a recent event however. One of Disney’s most notorious and controversial films, Song of The South, was released in 1946. Song of the South, set during the Reconstruction Era, focuses on a young boy named Johnny who learns that his parents will being living apart for an unknown amount of time, moves to a plantation in Georgia, while his father continues to live in Atlanta. Depressed and confused over the recent events Johnny decides to run away to Atlanta, but is drawn to the voices of Uncle Remus, an ex-slave living on the plantation, telling stories of Br’er Rabbit. Although it is implied that the African American workers are no longer Johnny’s family property, the black characters are still wholly subservient and are happy to be so. James Baskett plays Uncle Remus as a blissfully, happy companion ready to please. Due to this “magical negro” trope, the characters’ ridiculously stereotypical voices, and the unrealistic happy and joyful relationship between the white landowners and their black help, Song of The South, is one of Disney’s most offensive, racist, and fictitious film. Disney’s portrayal of Uncle Remus is his veiled justification of the mistreatment that minorities received before and after the Reconstruction Era.

For centuries African American have been struggled against racial in America. During World War II the U.S. government asked for volunteers to join the army of defense, over 2.5 million of black men registered for the draft World, around 1 million served as draftees or volunteers in the armed forces within all branches. But didn’t received the same opportunity to serve in the same manner as white soldiers. They were to segregated combat support groups. In 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt and civil rights organizations pressured U.S Navy to recruited blacks for service.

They were willing to put their lives on the line for their country. African Americans assumed that after being viewed as equals this would lead to more freedom in their daily lives. (Document 3) This was not the case though. Many wanted this and so they started the Double V Campaign. Double V stood for Double Victory. Their goal was to achieve a victory abroad and a victory at home. Those at war saw that this was not as easy as they wanted it to be. Corporal Rupert Trimmingham wrote about the treatment of African Americans compared to the treatment of enemies of the country. (Document 5) This showed that even the Germans were being treated better than them as they were American soldiers. This did not lead to opportunities or freedoms for them. It just showed that they had more battles to win and considering equal soldiers was one of

They were even able to take out their enemies fast jet fighters (Reinhardt and Ganzel 1). what is socking about all of this is that these men weren't trained with guns or knives, they had to use sticks instead (Reinhardt and Ganzel 1). With all the racism still going on, one African American man said it would be an iron for him to give America his life if it didn’t want to given him basic civil rights (Reinhardt and Ganzel 2). Second of all after, returning home they were given an opportunity to join a movement for their rights (Reinhardt and Ganzel 2). The Soldier came home to a country that wasn’t granting them their full rights so some joined a movement to expand the rights (Reinhardt and Ganzel 2). Other soldiers ended up moving to the city instead so they could find work similar to what they did while at war (Reinhardt and Ganzel 2). The roles of African American minorities where change after the war because the opportunities of job openings that were given to them and because their civil rights eventually expanded.

The Tuskegee Airmen movie was about the hardships that the first African American fighter pilots faced in the United States Army Air Corporation. This movie is based on a true story of how the African Americans pilots battled against racism and for equal rights. They became one of the greatest and fearless fighter pilot teams in the United States during World War II. Hannibal Lee is on a train ride to Tuskegee Air Base in Alabama. He meets two passengers, Walter and Leroi, who are going to join the 99th Fighter Squadron as fight cadets. One example of segregation occurs on the train because these three black airmen are forced to give up their seats for German prisoners because there was no more room to sit. Lieutenant Glenn was the first man they met when they got to Tuskegee. He was the man in charge along with other people in the unit. The people who were training to be cadets were African American, middle class and well educated men.

However, the black army suffered a greater consequence than the white troops when the Confederate threated to kill black leaders and put the black back to slave. As a result, President Lincoln issued General Order 233, threatening reprisal on Confederate prisoners of war for any mistreatment of black soldiers. In fact, black captives were treated more harshly than white captives. In the beginning of the war, the African-American had been working on naval vessels for several years so they continue to serve without being rejected. The black service was the key factor for the Union to win the war, more than 186,000 men joined the US army. They fought bravely and contributed a lot of blood in battle. In the end of the war, 16 black soldiers were awarded Medal of Honor. For the African-American, there is no doubt that the Civil War provided them an enormous change for seeking freedom. But everything was just the beginning because the abolishment of slavery does not give them true freedom yet, their fought for freedom still need a lot more

Military until after WWII) was primarily composed of southerners, in which the ideas of slavery and segregation resonated throughout the ranks because of the old ideas of the confederates that occupied the south during the Civil War. This made it nearly impossible for black men to join the Airforce. In fact, in 1925 the Army War College conducted a study of black troops in World War I that concluded black men were mentally inferior compared to Whiteman and not capable of following orders and achieving victories in combat. However, in 1939 the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) attacked the military’s segregationist policies. In 1941 the NAACP turned to the court system to help fight the racist policy.

This expansion of their thoughts about the world and how their views changed  had brought about wishful thinking towards America. African American soldiers hoped their sacrifice was a worthy cause to bring about social and political change in America as a nation. Post war consisted of black political leaders trying to turning the black soldiers service into something positive to look at the bring peace and equality amongst the american civilians.  This brought about parades ands public

World War II happened when the nation was still racially divided in parts of the United States and many black Sailors only held jobs as cooks in the Navy. There were others who were soldiers but was considered an experiment to see if they had the capabilities to fight like their white counterparts. It was said that approximately 2 million African Americans signed up to fight in WWII and although there was still segregation going on in the military. Many African Americans didn’t see color as obstacle but to fight for a nation who have suffered multiple lives due to an attack from a foreign nation. This was also during the time the Tuskegee Airman was assembled and was one of the most successful air detachments during that time.

The time of the world wars was a bad time for race relations in america. Citizens at home were racist towards minorities and soldiers overseas were racist as well refusing to be in the same unit as black soldiers. Many black soldiers who fought in ww1 were treated very badly upon return some being lynched just for serving. Some people were telling their family members to return without their uniforms on. The heroic actions of some of the black soldiers in the world wars deserved to be honored and not put down with racist remarks.

Africans in the Military Introduction African Americans around the United States have greatly impacted the outcomes of the wars the nation fought throughout history. Their valorous acts of bravery were a main reason that the outcomes of the wars were the way they were. Key examples in which they displayed great valor and bravery were the Civil War, World War I, and the Revolutionary war.

Firstly, it was widely believed that German secret agents were attempting to disrupt the ability of the United States to wage war by fomenting unrest and disloyalty among the black population, particularly in the South. Secondly, a few white politicians attempted to have blacks excluded from military draft legislation. Black leaders reasoned that a section of the population engaged in local and national struggles for equal rights and justice could ill afford to be portrayed either as the willing target of enemy propaganda or as generally unit for war service. The NAACP had played an important part in persuading the War Department to create the officers’ training camp.

World War II was a pivotal moment in U.S history for men and women of all colors. Years of hatred and violence were now going to be over looked by racial groups in order to fight against an overseas enemy. Racial groups contributed to the war effort despite having their civil rights violated, oppressed and even removed. Segregation during this period of war was very much alive for these racial groups. Factories full of a specific color worked long hours with little pay, usually women. The Men of these racial groups who volunteered or where drafted to the war, where put in color specific military units. One of

Starting off the movie, a group of slaves are cutting sugar cane while a man watches. The movies cuts to a man named Solomon Northup having the idea to use blackberry juice to use to write on parchment. He doesn’t prevail, because the juice is too watery. The movie again cuts to another scene where a woman is making sexual advances on Northup and he has a flashback to when he was happy with his family. He sees him putting his kids to bed and speaking with his wife and then the following morning he sees his family off in a carriage. Later that afternoon, he sees an old friend and gets introduced to two men, Brown and Hamilton, who offer him a large amount of money to go with them to Washington DC to what he was told was a music gig. He accepts this goes with them. When they get there they share wine and later on we find out that he was drugged and captured to be sold into slavery. He protests that he is a free man but has no papers to back up his statement. As a result, he is sold into slavery in the south under the name Platt. Along the way, he recieves advice to hind his intellgence and to keep an low profile. And based on this, he decides that cooperation is the best way to survive. The process of being sold and bartered continues and repeats itself over his 12 years as a slave. He is beaten, emotionally and physically abused all at the discretion of his owner. Throughout all of this, he realizes that cooperation isn’t going to get him andywhere and gernally gets one