#13 Army sentries guarding against a riot at the Sojourner Truth federal war workers housing project, caused by white neighbors’ attempt to prevent African-American tenants from moving in, February 1942.

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#13 Army sentries guarding against a riot at the Sojourner Truth federal war workers housing project, caused by white neighbors’ attempt to prevent African-American tenants from moving in, February 1942.

The Michigan of the 1940s: A Photographic Legacy of Industrial Growth and Social Change by Arthur S. Siegel

#13 Army sentries guarding against a riot at the Sojourner Truth federal war workers housing project, caused by white neighbors’ attempt to prevent African-American tenants from moving in, February 1942.

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