1. Double V and African Americans

2. Courts > Thurgood Marshall, who won the “whites-only” Democratic primaries case in 1944 and Brown v. Board of Education in 1954

3. Protests > March on Washington Movement Flyer, ca. 1941 and a photograph of March on Washington, 1963

4. Labor > Members of the United Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Employees Union, Detroit, 1942

5. Soldiers > “Private Joe Louis Says” poster

6. Soldiers > Pearl Harbor hero Doris (“Dorie”) Miller poster

7. Soldiers > Poster for a Double V campaign of 1942

8. Soldiers > “Freedom Road,” by Langston Hughes and Josh White, 1942 That’s why I’m marching, yes, I’m marching, Marching down freedom’s road. Ain’t nobody gonna stop me, nobody gonna keep me, From marching down freedom’s road. Hand me my gun, let the bugle blow loud, I’m on my way with my head a-proud, One objective I’ve got in view, Is to keep a hold of freedom for me and you. That’s why I’m marching, yes, I’m marching, Marching down freedom’s road. Ain’t nobody gonna stop me, nobody gonna keep me, From marching down freedom’s road. Ought to be plain as the nose on your face, There’s room in this plan for every race, Some folk think that freedom just ain’t right, Those are the very people I want to fight. That’s why I’m marching, yes, I’m marching, Marching down freedom’s road. Ain’t nobody gonna stop me, nobody gonna keep me, From marching down freedom’s road. Now, Hitler may rant, Hirohito may rave, I’m going after freedom if it leads me to my grave. That’s why I’m marching, yes, I’m marching, I’m marching down freedom’s road. United we stand, divided we fall, Let’s make this land safe for one and all. I’ve got a message, and you know it’s right, Black and white together unite and fight. That’s why I’m marching, yes, I’m marching, Marching down freedom’s road. Ain’t no fascists gonna stop me, no Nazis gonna keep me, From marching down freedom’s road.

9. Protests > Policemen arresting women during the riots in Harlem, 1943

10. Protests > The Detroit Riot, June 21, 1943

11. Housing > A leaflet disctributed by the Seven Mile/Fenelon Neighborhood Association in February 1942

12. Protests > A black homeowner protects his property near the Sojourner neighborhood

13. Protests > Detroit police arrests a group of blacks, February 1942

14. Protests > Police try to disburse a crowd of blacks at Sojourner Truth Housing Project, February 1942

15. Protests > White mob moves up Woodward, early hours

16. Protests > A flaming car sets fire to a streetcar station on Woodward, early hours

17. Protests > White mob overturns a car belonging to a black man

18. Protests > Rioters overturn a car

19. Protests > The same car set on fire