Riots: Detroit: Sojourner Truth Housing Project.

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Dublin Core

Title

Riots: Detroit: Sojourner Truth Housing Project.

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

Description

A bloodied Black man is forcibly led away from home by uniformed police officers with nightsticks during a 1942 altercation at the Sojourner Truth Housing Project in Detroit, Michigan.

Creator

Detroit News (Firm)

Source

Detroit News Photograph Collection (UAV002691)

Publisher

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

Date

1942-02-28

Rights

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

Relation

reformatted digital

Identifier

vmc77705

Citation

Detroit News (Firm), “Riots: Detroit: Sojourner Truth Housing Project.,” 12th Street Detroit, accessed December 22, 2024, https://projects.lib.wayne.edu/12thstreetdetroit/items/show/182.