The 1945 GI World Series in Hitler's Nuremberg Stadium: Baseball's 'Double Victory' Against Segregation at Home and Abro

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1. Great article!

I hadn't heard of the "Double V" Campaign.

In February of 1942 James Thompson, a 26 year-old Black cafeteria worker at a defense plant in Wichita, wrote to The Pittsburgh Courier complaining of the racism he faced. Referencing the “V for Victory” popularized by Winston Churchill, Thompson called for African-Americans to start a “Double V” campaign.

“The first ‘V' for victory over our enemies from without, the second ‘V’ for victory overour enemies from within,” wrote Thompson. “For surely those who perpetuatethese ugly prejudices here are seeking to destroy our democratic form of government just as surely as the Axis forces.”