is it possible that the experience of WWII vets in POW camps influenced/contributed to the Civil Rights Movement in the following decades?

by suppow

is it possible that US WWII soldiers who experienced captivity in POW camps found themselves in a position sharing the perspective of being abused as a subservient creature by a group of indifferent individuals in a position of power, and brought these new perspectives home where it might have melded with the rest of the Civil Rights Movement and contributed to a more empathetic view on others? (of course not implying that this is main factor behind the CRM as there were many others)

(sorry for messy syntax/grammar, it's kinda late for me)

matt_dot_txt

I've never seen anything that has indicated this, the argument I've seen is that African American's service during the war entitled them to equal rights.

There are stories of African American veterans who were treated badly when they came back. This fueled the civil rights movement and certainly many whites were sympathetic to them as well since many African Americans served with distinction.