Download or read book Detroit's Sojourner Truth Housing Riot of 1942 written by Gerald Van Dusen and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2020-08-24 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War II, no American city suffered a worse housing shortage than Detroit, and no one suffered that shortage more than the city's African American citizens. In 1941, the federal government began constructing the Sojourner Truth Housing Project