For blackness and the U.S. culture timeline project, the assigned time frame is from 1940 to 1944. This period is when the United States joined World War II. Therefore, the focus on the timeline is African Americans during World War II. The element that represents the year of 1940 is a picture of Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. He is the first African American general officer in the regular army and U.S. armed forces. There were no blacks before him ever been in a position that high. Since this is the first African American general in the history of the United States after the liberation of slavery, it is worthy to capture for the year 1940. The second element is an article from Collier's magazine that represents the year of 1941. The article discusses Executive Order 8802 issued by President Franklin D. Rosevelt. Executive Order 8802 banned discriminatory employment practices by Federal agencies, all unions, and companies engaged in war-related work. It means that black people can join the workforce to help to defend the country. The article also acknowledges that no one is one hundred percent Americans. Everyone is immigrants and foreigners if tracing back far enough. It was the first time that discrimination against other races in the workplace became a crime. Therefore, Executive Order 8802 represents the year of 1941. The Women's Army Corps was an auxiliary unit of the United States Army. It was created in 1942 for whites only at first. Charity Adams Earley was the highest-ranking African American woman commissioned officer in WAACs. The photo is taken during lieutenant Early inspect her troops. It shows that women especially black woman can also take lead in the professional world other than cooking and cleaning. It is the first time a black woman takes an important role in protecting the country, which is a big step up compared to the early time period. Although the social status of African Americans was slowly rising, there were still injustices around the country. Police brutality was one of the issues that lead to social chaos. In 1943, the Detroit Riot was considered one of the worst riots during World War II. Both blacks and whites were engaged in the violence. There were 25 blacks out of 37 people were killed in the riot. Although there are laws and orders to prevent discrimination, people are not been treated equally. The last photo is taken in 1944, towards the end of World War II. In the photo, they are Lemuel R. Custis and Charles B. Hall, two African American war heroes. They are captains of the all blacks squadron of the U.S, Army Air Forces. Their squadron has shot down 17 planes and damaged 6 other planes during the war. African Americans have come a long way to change their media representations. By looking over the element selected for the timeline, the attitudes behind those images of African Americans are slowly changing towards positive. There are a lot of "first" for African Americans in this time period, and all those f ...

1. For blackness and the U.S. culture timeline project, the assigned
time frame is from 1940 to 1944. This period is when the United
States joined World War II. Therefore, the focus on the timeline
is African Americans during World War II.
The element that represents the year of 1940 is a picture of
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. He is the first African American general
officer in the regular army and U.S. armed forces. There were
no blacks before him ever been in a position that high. Since
this is the first African American general in the history of the
United States after the liberation of slavery, it is worthy to
capture for the year 1940.
The second element is an article from Collier's magazine that
represents the year of 1941. The article discusses Executive
Order 8802 issued by President Franklin D. Rosevelt. Executive
Order 8802 banned discriminatory employment practices by
Federal agencies, all unions, and companies engaged in war-
related work. It means that black people can join the workforce
to help to defend the country. The article also acknowledges
that no one is one hundred percent Americans. Everyone is
immigrants and foreigners if tracing back far enough. It was the
first time that discrimination against other races in the
workplace became a crime. Therefore, Executive Order 8802
represents the year of 1941.
The Women's Army Corps was an auxiliary unit of the United
States Army. It was created in 1942 for whites only at first.
Charity Adams Earley was the highest-ranking African
American woman commissioned officer in WAACs. The photo
is taken during lieutenant Early inspect her troops. It shows that
women especially black woman can also take lead in the
professional world other than cooking and cleaning. It is the
first time a black woman takes an important role in protecting

2. the country, which is a big step up compared to the early time
period.
Although the social status of African Americans was slowly
rising, there were still injustices around the country. Police
brutality was one of the issues that lead to social chaos. In
1943, the Detroit Riot was considered one of the worst riots
during World War II. Both blacks and whites were engaged in
the violence. There were 25 blacks out of 37 people were killed
in the riot. Although there are laws and orders to prevent
discrimination, people are not been treated equally.
The last photo is taken in 1944, towards the end of World War
II. In the photo, they are Lemuel R. Custis and Charles B. Hall,
two African American war heroes. They are captains of the all
blacks squadron of the U.S, Army Air Forces. Their squadron
has shot down 17 planes and damaged 6 other planes during the
war. African Americans have come a long way to change their
media representations.
By looking over the element selected for the timeline, the
attitudes behind those images of African Americans are slowly
changing towards positive. There are a lot of "first" for African
Americans in this time period, and all those first steps path the
way to a future with human equalities for everyone today.

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