After returning there were several cases of racist attacks against these african-american soldiers by other white soldiers.
Also during red summer mass violence and mob violence occurred and over the course of 3 days hundreds of black people we killed.
So to be honest there was a lot of racism and segregation was still present.
<span>January 30, 1933 – May 8, 1945</span>
It was President Harry Truman
Using the context, that her personality is full of sunshine, leads to the assumption that she is happy, cheerful, and optimistic, which would be the connotations.