OppressionJune 22, 1944

The GI Bill and its unequal benefits

Landmark veterans' benefits are administered to largely exclude Black servicemen.

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How race-neutral New Deal and GI Bill programs were administered to exclude Black Americans.

How state-administered GI Bill benefits were systematically denied to Black veterans.

Connections to other moments, systems, and investigations — the links rarely drawn together.

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Who Benefited: The Wider Economy & the Wealth Gap
The era's biggest wealth-builder was administered to bypass Black veterans.

The era's biggest wealth-builder was administered to bypass Black veterans.