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

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Dublin Core

Title

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

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

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)

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

Citation

Detroit News (Firm), “Riot: Detroit: Sojourner Truth Housing Project; Street scenes.,” 12th Street Detroit, accessed November 5, 2024, https://projects.lib.wayne.edu/12thstreetdetroit/items/show/181.