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