Detroit Race Riot (1943) and Wartime Migration Impacts (1943–1950)

1. Executive Order 8802 bans defense-industry discrimination

   Jun 25, 1941Labels: Executive Order, FEPC

   • NARA 8802
   • Britannica

2. Defense boom accelerates Detroit wartime migration

   Dec 7, 1941Labels: Detroit, Defense boom

   • Britannica
   • NARA 8802

3. Sojourner Truth Homes riot exposes housing segregation

   Feb 28, 1942Labels: Sojourner Truth, Public housing

   • LOC Photo
   • Detroit City

4. National Guard escorts Black families into Sojourner Truth Homes

   Apr 1, 1942Labels: National Guard, Sojourner Truth

   • Detroit City

5. Roosevelt expands FEPC authority during labor shortages

   May 27, 1943Labels: Executive Order, FEPC

   • Densho EO9346
   • GAO 9346

6. Fighting begins at Belle Isle amid racial rumors

   Jun 20, 1943Labels: Belle Isle, Racial rumor

   • DHS Riot
   • Britannica Kids

7. Woodward Avenue assaults and police violence escalate riot

   Jun 21, 1943Labels: Woodward Avenue, Police violence

   • DHS Riot
   • Wikipedia Riot

8. Federal troops deployed; curfew restores order

   Jun 22, 1943Labels: Federal troops, Curfew

   • Wikipedia Riot
   • Britannica Kids

9. Governor’s riot report minimizes structural causes

   Aug 1, 1943Labels: Governor s, State committee

   • DHS Riot

10. War’s end intensifies competition over jobs and housing

    Sep 2, 1945Labels: Postwar transition, Detroit

    • History Detroit

11. Truman creates President’s Committee on Civil Rights

    Dec 5, 1946Labels: President s, Truman

    • Truman EO9808
    • Truman Report

12. Supreme Court limits enforcement of restrictive covenants

    May 3, 1948Labels: Shelley v, Supreme Court

    • Justia
    • Britannica

13. Executive Order 9981 mandates military desegregation

    Jul 26, 1948Labels: Executive Order, Military desegregation

    • NARA 9981
    • History com

14. Albert Cobo elected amid public-housing backlash

    Nov 8, 1949Labels: Albert Cobo, Mayoral election

    • Detroit Hist
    • Wikipedia Cobo

15. Detroit reaches 1950 population peak after wartime growth

    Jan 1, 1950Labels: Detroit, 1950 census

    • History Detroit
    • Detroit Hist