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"Detroit, Michigan. Riot at the Sojourner Truth homes, a new U.S. federal housing project"
This photograph, made for the Office of War Information, is part of a larger series documenting racial conflict surrounding the construction of the Sojourner Truth homes in Detroit, Michigan. White neighbors and tenants of the new federal housing [...]
Tags: Race Riots, World War II
Item Type: Photograph
Historical Era: Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
African Americans Workers and Conflict on the Homefront worksheet
This worksheet helps students analyze three primary sources as part of the activity "African American Workers: Conflict on the Homefront."
Item Type: Worksheet
Historical Era: Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
"Workers leaving Pennsylvania shipyards, Beaumont, Texas"
Beaumont, Texas, like many U.S. cities, became a boomtown during World War II, as new residents flooded in to take jobs at the city's shipyards and petroleum production facilities. Between 1940 and 1943, population rose by 35% and the city suffered [...]
Tags: Race Riots, World War II
Item Type: Photograph
Historical Era: Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)