- Collection:
- Civil Rights Movement in Virginia : An Exhibition on Display February 7 - June 19, 2004
- Title:
- Turning point : World War II
- Contributor to Resource:
- Library of Congress
- Date of Original:
- 2004
- Subject:
- African Americans--Segregation--Virginia
Civil rights movements--Virginia
African Americans--Civil rights--Virginia
African American civil rights workers--Virginia
Civil rights workers--Virginia
World War, 1939-1945
United States--Politics and government--1933-1953 - Location:
- United States, Virginia, 37.54812, -77.44675
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
posters
online exhibitions - Type:
- StillImage
Text - Description:
- Section of online exhibit outlining the impact of World War II on African Americans in their struggle for equality, focusing on the actions of Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. The page includes one commemorative stamp and a NAACP advertisement from the Virginia Historical Society and the Library of Congress.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- https://virginiahistory.org/learn/historical-book/chapter/turning-point-world-war-ii
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Civil Rights Movement in Virginia Collection (Virginia Historical Society)
- Contributing Institution:
- Virginia Historical Society
- Rights:
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