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Uneducated & Unwelcome: The G I Bill in the Segregated South

Following the Axis surrender and the end of World War II, millions of American soldiers returned home to a United States transformed into an industrial powerhouse and major world power. President Roosevelt’s campaign promise, to treat veterans with compassion following the end of World War II, would be realized in the form of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944. This unprecedented legislation catalyzed unparalleled shifts in the American educational and economic landscape. But, hidden in one of America’s greatest political triumphs laid a catastrophic yet influential tragedy. The disparity in the opportunities available from the same GI Bill legislation, to black and white veterans has had unforeseen consequences through American history, and in many ways, facilitated the historical expansion of the racial wealth gap in America.