Black American GIs

ID: 538 ~ Source: http://theconversation.com/black-troops-were-welcome-in-britain-but-jim-crow-wasnt-the-race-riot-of-one-night-in-june-1943-98120 ~ Creator: brizzlebornandbred ~ Date: 1943
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Black American GIs stationed in Britain during the war, these in Bristol, were given a warm welcome by their hosts but treated harshly by their white U.S. Army comrades

This file appears in: Disembarking in Europe

By W.A. Scott III
"And getting off the boat at Liverpool at night – I can remember being greeted by some of my fellow American soldiers on shore, and they were saying, 'Oh, Black Joe,' as we were coming down the gangplank."Editor's Note:British citizens largely…