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Considering the fact that the movie takes place in 1957 when the civil rights movement was just barely getting started, there weren't a lot of areas of authority and opportunity for them. Obviously, it's gotten better since then but there's still a long ways to go.

But more important than that is how would it have helped the story? The story is about a robot learning to grow beyond how it was made and about a boy who makes an unusual friend. It's not about the civil rights movement, so making some of the citizens or soldiers be African-Americans would have almost been like resorting to placing a "token black" in the scene. If they weren't going to be a significant part of the story and just stayed as a background character, then it might not really matter what race the characters would be.