Victory at Abroad, Victory At Home

Black women enlisted en masse in women’s military units and went to work in defense factories
- Would construct warships
- Had auxiliary corps
- Had women go to mills to sew uniforms and shoes for those on the field
US training camps DID produce approximately 200 African Americans officers per month
- College educated Black men and women who were attending HBCUs between 1920-1940
- Jackie Robinson was a good example of this
Empowered, organized, educated Black people wouldn’t/couldn’t be avoided post-war

Recy Taylor’s case of being raped made headlines
- Victim of 6 white rapists in Alabama
- Had the courage to name her rapists due to her family giving her connections to a woman in the NAACP who specifically worked with Black women and girls who were assaulted by white men
  - That woman was Rosa Parks
- Helped her file a police report and sued her assaulters in court, and ended up winning
Blinding of SGT Isaac Woodard
- Took place in Batesburg, South Carolina
- White Southerners had a hard time accepting that
- Buses were still segregated, he was still sitting in the back
- Stood up to approach the bus driver, asking to stop at a rest area
  - Stopped anyways, but complained to police about SGT Isaac Wood
  - SGT was beaten by police, especially around his face and a police billie club
  - Permanently lost his vision in both eyes from the incident