yep. poor treatment and the inefficiency in munitions production of having to run two completely separate production lines because of segregation was really eye opening.
One african american from Kansas I think he said, went to sign up for the war. He held a PhD in History from Harvard, had published works, and was in great physical shape. He was told by the recruiter “wow, you have everything we are looking for except color” and was declined.
The tuskegee airmen were mentioned in this episode but they didn’t go into great detail. I believe it’s a 5 part series on pbs.
edit: just looked again and it’s 7 parts. 4 this week. 3 next week.