...reflect on and answer the following questions:
- What is the history of African Americans in the armed forces?
- What were some of the main reasons why African Americans were opposed to military service during the early conflicts of the 20th Century?
- Why do you believe the AUC has had such a strong connection to military service?
- What was the significance of the AUC Army Administration School of the 1940s?
- What inference can you make as to why the Army Administration School was hosted in the AUC?
- What was something new that you learned from this exhibit? Explain.
- How does the exhibit African Americans in Times of War relate to Dubois’s concept of double consciousness, which describes the individual sensation of feeling as though your identity is divided into several parts, making it difficult or impossible to have one unified identity? Explain why or why not.
- What was your favorite part of this exhibit?
- Explain in your own words what this exhibit is about.
- Lastly, what would you do if you received a draft notice in the mail requiring you to join the military and fight in combat? Would you refuse Army induction like Muhammad Ali in 1967 during the Vietnam War or would you “Come Out Fighting” like the African-American soldiers in the 761st tank battalion, who were one of the most effective tank battalions in World War II?
