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Episode 82: Wartime Race Riots

Don't forget to subscribe for weekly updates on World War II history! http://ow.ly/3ScF30c0yqr Also available on iTunes: http://ow.ly/4g0030c0yMY During the summer of 1943, racial clashes broke out in several cities throughout the United States, including Beaumont, TX, Mobile, AL and Los Angeles. The worst of the wartime race riots occurred on June 20 in Detroit, MI. The nation's fourth largest city during the war, Detroit was overcrowded and tense, and the governor order martial law. So many race riots erupted during the war, that in October of 1943, the American Civil Liberties Union published a pamphlet detailing how to prevent race riots in your hometown. Help us create more podcasts: https://bit.ly/2tGy4pD World War II Chronicles is a radio documentary series produced by Radio America and the American Veterans Center. From overviews of battles to intimate stories of veterans, World War II Chronicles covers the entirety of the US in the conflict, week by week. Learn more about the American Veterans Center: http://www.americanveteranscenter.org/