The  traveling exhibit tells the story of how World War II became the major catalyst in the 20th century for African Americans seeking change in their fortunes, both on the Home Front and in the American military.

The August 1942 landing on Guadalcanal was a colossal improvisation, concocted on the fly to take advantage of a recent dramatic turn in the Pacific war. 
 

Commander Davis demonstrated steadfast leadership during a kamikaze attack off of Luzon, Philippines.

Opal Grapes was one of more than 59,000 nurses in the Army Nurse Corps. Her recollections highlight the highs and lows of nursing wounded men.

From Franklin D. Roosevelt’s perspective in the White House, democracy was under attack overseas and at home in mid-1941.