<P> African American veterans benefited less than others from the G.I. Bill . </P> <P> The G.I. Bill aimed to help American World War II veterans adjust to civilian life by providing them with benefits including low - cost mortgages, low - interest loans and financial support . African Americans did not benefit from nearly as much as White Americans . Historian Ira Katznelson argues that "the law was deliberately designed to accommodate Jim Crow". In the New York and northern New Jersey suburbs 67,000 mortgages were insured by the G.I. Bill, but fewer than 100 were taken out by non-whites . </P>

How did the g.i. bill of rights which provided funds for home loans affect african americans