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English: Sign with American flag "We want white tenants in our white community," directly opposite the Sojourner Truth homes, a new U.S. federal housing project in Detroit, Michigan. A riot was caused by white neighbors' attempts to prevent Negro tenants from moving in.
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Author Arthur S. Siegel
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Detroit, Michigan, 1942: Sign "We want white tenants in our white community,"

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