Detroit's Sojourner Truth Housing Riot of 1942: Prelude to the Race Riot of 1943

by Gerald C. Van Dusen

Book Overview

"During World War II, no American city suffered a worse housing shortage than Detroit, and no one suffered the shortage more than the city's African American citizens. In 1941, the federal government began constructing the Sojourner Truth Housing Project in northeast Detroit to house 200 black war production workers and their families. Almost immediately, whites in the neighborhood vehemently protested. On February 28, 1942, a confrontation between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146714696X
• ISBN13: 9781467146968
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"