While the war was being fought overseas, this event happened on American soil.
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One of three race riots that happened in 1943 (Los Angeles and New York were the others), the Detroit Race Riot was a direct result of the automotive city becoming a wartime supplier. The population increased by 400,000, displacing a number of African-Americans and heightening tensions to their breaking point.
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While the war was being fought overseas, this event happened on American soil.
- The Boston Race Riot of 1944
- The Detroit Race Riot of 1943
- Vigilante Justice Bombing of 1942.
- Local Workers turned wage protests violent in 1941.
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