Tuskegee Airmen Dbq

During the Civil Rights era, segregation and discrimination were common prejudicial treatment of black people in America. Some people accepted this unfair treatment, while others fought for equality. The Tuskegee Airmen were a group that were strongly devoted to having equality in gender opportunities. Also is Jackie Robinson, one person from this era that had a great deal of influence on racial equality.
The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of fighter and bomber pilots. Segregation and discrimination challenged them all throughout their career. They were first denied the ability to become fighter pilots and help the war effort. In paragraph three of “Tuskegee Airmen”, the author explains how this controversy did not have a resolution until 1939, twenty years later. According to the passage, this resolution was only temporary. Another challenge they had to face was that one of the early commanders of the 477th Bombardment Group was an overt racial segregationist.

Before his baseball career, he was was challenged by racism many times. For example, paragraph five of “How Jackie Robinson Changed Baseball” states that, “In 1938, while still at junior college, he was arrested after disputing the police’s detention of one of his black friends.” He had so much controversy with racism that Branch Rickey would only hire Robinson on the condition that he could be “a Negro player with enough guts not to fight back”. Robinson continued to encounter racial comments and such, even after he signed with the Dodgers. He even faced discrimination from a few of his own teammates, that decided to boycott playing for the Dodgers if he was allowed to play on the team. However, his success gained him support, and in 1947 he became the first Major League baseball player to break the color barrier since