Riot: Detroit: Sojourner Truth Housing Project; Street scenes.

Item

Title

Riot: Detroit: Sojourner Truth Housing Project; Street scenes.

Description

Detroit Police attempt to disperse a crowd of white men, some armed with bats, from the area surrounding the Sojourner Truth Housing Project. The men wanted to keep their neighborhood segregated from the Black families moving into an adjacent war housing project.

Creator

Detroit News (Firm)

Date

1942-02-28

Publisher

Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University.

Relation

reformatted digital

Rights

When this material is shared, credit shall read: Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

Source

Detroit News Photograph Collection (UAV002691)

Subject

African Americans | Desegregation Detroit (Mich.) -- Riot, 1942 | Detroit--economic conditions | Detroit--race relations | Detroit--social conditions | Discrimination in housing--Michigan | World War, 1939-1945

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