GI Bill

The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (commonly known as the GI Bill), a US federal law providing education, housing-loan, and other benefits to returning veterans of World War II. It was administered in ways that systemically excluded or disadvantaged black veterans.

Claims that use this term

• Jim Crow governments and FHA redlining excluded blacks from GI Bill benefits
• Local administration of the GI Bill guaranteed black veterans unequal benefits
• Black veterans faced higher unemployment and far lower GI Bill benefit uptake.
• A federally employed black veteran was denied GI Bill housing loans