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

Description:: A crowd walks down a road towards a cloud of smoke (tear gas?) at the Sojourner Truth Housing Project. This project was built to provide houses for black families and whites in the surrounding neighborhood objected strongly.
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Date Issued:: 1942-03-10T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
Collection:: Virtual Motor City
Place:: Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, and Detroit
Subject Topic:: Race riots and Public housing
Format:: photographs
Rights:: Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University
URL:: http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc16681_7