Premieres Monday, June 12, 2023 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! In World War II over a million African Americans fought for freedom and democracy in an army, that was strictly segregated by race. These Black GIs fought to liberate Germany from Nazi rule, as racism reached unfathomable levels at home and their unit. Finding a "breath of freedom" in post-war Germany, Black soldiers experienced for the first time what it felt like to be treated as equals.