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> 74-82% of US soldiers felt the army should be segregated. There's a great scene in "A Welcome to Britain" - 1943 film for US soldiers stationed in the UK - t
by helsinkiandrew 3y ago
> 74-82% of US soldiers felt the army should be segregated.
There's a great scene in "A Welcome to Britain" - 1943 film for US soldiers stationed in the UK - that is clearly trying to sell integration to troops:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyYSBBE1DFw&t=1519s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyYSBBE1DFw&t=1519s
- ZeroGravitas 3y agoAs well as soldiers, there's a lot of interesting commentary from early jazz and blues artists touring Europe and reflecting on the difference in treatment they received which many of them had previously not had any external benchmark to compare with.