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Detroit, Michigan. Riot at the Sojourner Truth homes, a new U.S. federal housing project, caused by white neighbors' attempt to prevent Negro tenants from moving in. First Negro family moving into Sojourner Truth homes

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Detroit, Michigan. Riot at the Sojourner Truth homes, a new U.S. federal housing project, caused by white neighbors' attempt to prevent Negro tenants from moving in. First Negro family moving into Sojourner Truth homes

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Summary

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

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Date

01/01/1942

person

Contributors

Siegel, Arthur S., photographer

place

Location

Detroit (Mich.), 42.33139, -83.04583

Google Map of 42.331388888888895, -83.04583333333333

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

http://www.loc.gov/

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Copyright info

No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html