Weekly Blog # 5

To me, freedom means being able to do what you want in accordance with law. Freedom means having the same rights and protections as any other person. If your 'free,' you shouldn't have to worry about what you do, or another group of people having superiority over you. A free individual should have the ability to act according to his or her own will. During the civil rights movement African Americans obviously did not have all of this. They may have been considered free on paper, but in reality still faced many issues. This picture was takien during World War 2.

This picure above shows 6 black men along with 2 white men posing outside one of their planes during WWII. I chose this picture because I think it gives us somewhat of an idea about that time period and equality. I do think there is some positive things about this picture, you see black men standing next to white men, and both colors of people have the same position in the war as a pilot. On the contrary, it does show 6 black men and only 2 white, possibly meaning that more African American's fought than whites did. This also goes back to the idea of the "double V," or the Double VEE strategy, meaning that during this time period, Africans had to face the domestic problem of civil rights in America as well as the global problems and threats that go along with war, and fighting the enemy by putting their life at stake, in hopes that their life could be better in America after the war.