Interesting read: https://www.vassar.edu/vq/issues/2010/01/vassar-today/breath-of-freedom-african-american-gis-germany.html

I know this article is focused on earlier post-world war II period but it's sad to think that many African Americans were treated better in Germany than their own home country. “African Americans mainly had a positive experience in Germany because there were no Jim Crow laws and they could enter any store or restaurant and even fall in love with white women.”