"United We Win"
This 1943 government poster offers an image of racial solidarity among wartime workers under the slogan "United We Win." Although African-Americans did find enhanced opportunities thanks to the high demand for workers and the Roosevelt [...]
Tags: World War II
Item Type: Poster/Print
Historical Era: Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Occupational Shifts of Women in the Workforce by Race, 1910-1960
Between 1910 and 1960, the number of women working for wages in the United States grew from just over 8 million to over 23.2 million, rising from 21 percent to 32 percent of the workforce. The types of jobs that women of different races did also [...]
Tags: World War II
Item Type: Quantitative Data
A Black Candidate Runs on Civil Rights in 1940s New York
The Japanese distributed leaflets over the South Pacific that asked, "If Americans are fighting for the freedom and equality of all people, why aren't Negro Americans allowed to play big league baseball?" Ben Davis, an African-American candidate for [...]
Tags: World War II
Item Type: Pamphlet/Petition
Historical Era: Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)