"They Are Hiring the White Women but They Won't Hire the Colored Women": Black Women Confront Racism and Sexism in the Richmond Shipyards During World War II
During World War II, black women migrated largely out of the South to take advantage of the growing defense industries in California. Black women flocked to the shipbuilding industry in Richmond for the great economic opportunities industrial jobs offered. What they found when they arrived and attem...
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DigitalCommons@USU
2015
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| Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4285 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5328&context=etd |