We, Too, Are Americans: African American Women in Detroit and Richmond, 1940-54

by Megan Taylor Shockley

During World War II, factories across America retooled for wartime production, and unprecedented labor opportunities opened up for women and minorities. In We, Too, Are Americans, Megan Taylor Shockley examines the experiences of the African American women who worked in two capitols of industry--Detroit, Michigan, and Richmond, Virginia--during the war and the decade that followed it, making a compelling case for viewing World War II as the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252028635
• ISBN13: 9780252028632
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"