[History Hounds] Klansmen and “Thungs”: Rationalizing Violence in the Arsenal of Democracy with Karen Miller, Oakland University

In 1942, a violent episode at the Sojourner Truth housing projects in Detroit pitted white, middle-class families against Black defense workers. The result was the construction of a myth: Detroit's troubles were caused by uncouth Southerners who had tarnished the city’s good name.

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