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"The Negro Soldier"

Item

Title
"The Negro Soldier"
Description
1944 Film produced by the U.S. War Department and directed by Col. Frank Capra to promote racial harmony and counter pervasive white supremacist views and subsequent mistreatment of Black American military members during WWII.
Date
1944
Source
Capra, Frank, Col., director. The Negro Soldier. Department of Defense. Department of the
Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1944. 40 min. 21 sec. U.S. National Archives.
https://youtu.be/dln2dQyLNVU.
Subject
racism
segregation
Jim Crow
greatest generation
black soldier
white soldier
colored soldier
negro soldier
U.S. military
U.S. Army
Camp Howze
discrimination
patriot
American patriot
Frank Capra
World War II
WWII
propaganda