Abstract:
During World War II, blacks in America had high hopes regarding the 'Double V': victory over the Axis powers and victory over racial discrimination at home; this was articulated in a 1942 'Pittsburgh Courier' article. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had a less progressive version of 'Double V,' military victory worldwide and political victory in the United States. FDR appointed white southern liberal newspapers man Jonathan W. Daniels as presidential administrative assistant between 1943 and 1945 to accomplish just that. Daniels assisted in executing the policy and in the process, made some progress in decreasing racial discrimination against black Americans.