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