Race relations in the United States improved due to the war efforts of African Americans. This was because all African Americans fighting in the military were fighting for the United States, alongside whites, and the cause of the war was due to massive racism against Jewish people in Europe, which brought people to ask themselves why they were fighting against racism in Europe if they had it in the United States. On top of that, many in the United States who fought against fascist governments in Europe resented the equality given to them by the Europeans, but when they returned, they wondered why they fought for anything which they did not receive at home. Soldiers were sent to war during World War II, and most of them went willingly. Most of them did this to try to gain respect from their white "superiors" by going out to fight and perhaps gain equal standing with whites. This, however, was not seen. For example, Joe Louis, a famous African-American boxer, joined the army in 1942. The New York Amsterdam News newspaper described Joe serving impeccably dressed white men with the caption "Why Joe Joined the Army ! » This clearly shows how African Americans were treated within the military. This depiction also gives Americans a clear view of segregation within the military, even though they are fighting for the same thing: freeing Europeans from Nazi leader Hitler. Another example, given by Mrs. Charles H. Puryear's brother, was that when the white lieutenant had Italian prisoners, he wanted the black soldiers to give up their places. He then wonders if one of the Nazi officers would make some of his soldiers give up their seats for prisoners. This photo...... middle of paper ...... context, according to these documents. Based on the evidence in the documents, the narrator would likely think that the United States was despotic because it meets all the criteria for being so. Works CitedEric Foner, The Story of American Freedom, (New York: WW Norton & Company Ltd., 1999), 600.Ms. Charles H. Puryear, “Letter to the Crisis, 1945,” Freedom on My Mind, ed. Deborah Gray White, Mia Bay, Waldo E. Martin, Jr. (Boston: Bedford's/St. Martin's, 2013), 587. Private First Class Gladys O. Thomas-Anderson, “The 6888th Postal Battalion, 1944-1946,” Freedom in my mind, ed. Deborah Gray White, Mia Bay, Waldo E. Martin Jr. (Boston: Bedford's/St. Martin's, 2013), 589-590.Encyclopedia Britannica Films, Inc., Despotism: An Erpi Class Film, Web video. Produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Films, Inc., Harold D. Lasswell. (UNITED STATES: 1946)