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February 1942: A sign placed across from the Sojourner Truth housing project reads, ' We want white tenants in our white community,' Detroit, Michigan, World War II. (Photo by Arthur Siegel/Anthony Potter Collection/Getty Images)

February 1942:  A sign placed across from the Sojourner Truth housing project reads, ' We want white tenants in our white community,' Detroit, Michigan, World War II.  (Photo by Arthur Siegel/Anthony Potter Collection/Getty Images)