1) The United States' decision to enter World War II in 1941 presented both a practical and an ethical conundrum for African Americans: how and why should African Americans participate in a war against fascism and imperialism in Europe and Asia, when African Americans had to live under various forms of terror, violence, dispossession, and discrimination in the United States? Please provide an overview of how African American leaders and everyday people responded to crisis of fascism & World War II, both intellectually & materially, and please also provide an overview of the key outcomes of African Americans' participation in the war effort-legal, social, cultural, and/or political outcomes.

1) The United States' decision to enter World War II in 1941 presented both a practical and an ethical conundrum for African Americans: how and why should African Americans participate in a war against fascism and imperialism in Europe and Asia, when African Americans had to live under various forms of terror, violence, dispossession, and discrimination in the United States? Please provide an overview of how African American leaders and everyday people responded to crisis of fascism & World War II, both intellectually & materially, and please also provide an overview of the key outcomes of African Americans' participation in the war effort-legal, social, cultural, and/or political outcomes.