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Book Displays: Equal Justice Initiative 2024: Web Sites

Online Articles

After the War: Blacks and the G.I. Bill
Source: Smithsonian American Art Museum
The G.I. Bill, World War II, and the Education of Black Americans
Source: National Bureau of Economic Research (organization)
How the GI Bill's Promise was denied to a million Black WWII veterans
Source: History.com
A Land Fit for (Some) Heroes: How the GI Bill helped White vets more than Black ones
Source: Bowdoin College
Racism led to lower benefits for Black veterans, studies find
Source: The Washington Post
Servicemen's Readjustment Act (1944)
Source: U.S. National Archives
Taking Back Their Power: Black veterans seek recognition, recompense for generations of racial inequity
Source: Southern Poverty Law Center
What America Owes Black Veterans of World War II
Source: Time Magazine
[Press Release] AG Campbell Leads Bi-Partisan Call on Congress to pass GI Bill Restoration Act
Source: Massachusetts government website

Online Resources

[Audio Clip] Black vets were excluded from GI bill benefits
Source: NPR
Length: 7 minutes
[Audio Clip] The GI Bill left behind Black World War II vets.
Source: NPR
Length: 7 minutes