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for our country mobilizing for that war was this conundrum of where all the workers would live, who worked in these newly built and newly retooled production plants? in an already crowded city like detroit, for example, the government of 1941, realized that theyre gonna have to quickly add hundreds of thousands of units of housing in order to bring in hundreds and thousands of new workers to staff these defense production facilities that were being retooled from civilian detroit, or in...

uniforms, everything. the government opened defense production facilities all over the country. factories, they either retooled the existing ones, or they built new ones. and in some places, there were particularly large defense production facilities, either a large number for retooled plants, or a bunch of new ones that were built. one of the things that emerged quickly as a bottleneck for our country mobilizing for that war was this conundrum of where all the workers would live, who ...

Robert Adams took over as executive director of the Penn Center on St. Helena Island. For 162 years, it has led the national conversation on social issues.

University of Colorado Boulder professor and proud bachelor Peter McGraw is embracing "solo life" with his new book entitled "Solo: Building a Remarkable Life of Your Own."

University of Colorado Boulder professor and proud bachelor Peter McGraw is embracing "solo life" with his new book entitled "Solo: Building a Remarkable Life of Your Own."

University of Colorado Boulder professor and proud bachelor Peter McGraw is embracing "solo life" with his new book entitled "Solo: Building a Remarkable Life of Your Own."

NBC News Studios has joined forces with Westbrook Studios and BET Studios to co-produce the forthcoming documentary The Debutantes, helmed by Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker Contessa Gayles. This collaborative effort aims to spotlight the journey of an intergenerational cohort of Black women and girls in Canton,

Property is power. Owning a home and land has always been the American dream. Unfortunately, that dream has often been made nightmarish for Black people. Post-slavery Black families fought hard to obtain land and build the foundation of what would become generational wealth for future generations. Often, the families had their progress deferred due to racist… Continue reading Buying Back The Block: Organizations That Are Fighting To Save Black Communities From Gentrification

Through its investment partnerships, Steinbridge will produce attainable housing units for HBCUs in America’s fastest growing cities.

Autoworker jobs have long been a pillar of the Black middle class in America, and the strikes and the fight for higher wages have had even deeper significance for workers like Johnson.