“Sixty-seven years ago our fathers gave birth on this continent to a new nation, conceived in Liberty and dedicated to the proposition according which all men are created equal. ”, a quote from the 16th American president, Abraham Lincoln, as a direct reminder of how equality was the catalyst for the conception of America. This is a universal right that should be known to everyone, but it was hardly possible in our country for the African-American faction almost a century ago. Chained, punished and condemned, the African-American had to radically surpass himself to achieve mediocre respect. When World War I began, many American citizens saw it as a seemingly distant European conflict that they could not care about. After staying out of the war for three years, "America was forced to take positive action after German U-boats won an unrestricted submarine war" (Williams 1), blowing up several ships civilians and the Zimmerman telegram was President Woodrow Wilson's final blow. Wilson was originally a pacifist, but he considered it inevitable for them to enter the war because he viewed it more in the limelight of self-determination. It was, in effect, a matter of self-determination for African Americans to realize their potential for importance and demonstrate their capabilities. What became known as a European conflict quickly transformed into an event with revolutionary implications for the social, economic, and political future of the African American people. At a tedious pace, World War I became pivotal to the bittersweet plight of African Americans against inequality. Beginning in 1914, approximately 500,000 black Southerners packed their bags and emigrated to the North, which became known as the Great...paper......men to the army and different opportunities in the world. World War I, with distinct enlightenment, was a turning point for African Americans as it contributed to their ongoing argument for equality and paved the way for the civil rights movement in the many years to come. Using "democracy" as a reason to join the war should be considered sacrilege to its name, given that democracy was conditional on the race you were born into. The war served as a catalyst for the nation to finally open its eyes and realize the misery in the situation of African Americans. In the words of Nelson Mandela, "the idea of ​​a free and democratic society in which all people live together in harmony and with equal opportunity" is how I believe our nation can truly preserve and flourish. . org/africanaage/essay-world-war-i.html