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African-Americans fighting fascism and racism, from WWII to Charlottesville

  • Written by Matthew Delmont, Director and Professor of the School of Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies, Arizona State University
imageTuskegee Airmen and P-47.San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives

In July 1943, one month after a race riot shook Detroit, Vice President Henry Wallace spoke to a crowd of union workers and civic groups:

“We cannot fight to crush Nazi brutality abroad and condone race riots at home. Those who fan the fires of racial clashes for the purpose...

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