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An American Dilemma
Confronts problems with racial policies and believes World War II will be the end or at least make a change. -
What The Negro Wants
A book of essays written by black leaders calling for the end of segregation, calling for voting rights in the South, unionism, and for a resolution to the problems of poverty. -
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Home Front
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Japanese Americans eligible for draft
The American government allows first-generation Japanese Americans to enlist in the war effort. -
Penicillin
Pfizer opened the first commercial plant for large scale production of penicillin. It was sent with troops fight gangrene. Death due to infection decreased. -
Synagogue on D-Day
A synagogue in New York City stayed open twenty four hours on D-Day for prayers and special services. -
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Production of Planes
United States built more planes in 1944 than Japan did from 1939 to 1945. By the end of the war, more than half of all industrial production in the world would take place in the United States.
