World War II Homefront Era: 1940s: War Vets Protest Housing Shortages
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In this 1946 photograph, an interracial group of World War II veterans protests the shortage of housing in Oakland. More pointedly, members of the ILWU, a very forward-thinking West Coast dockworkers union, point out the need for government-subsidized housing. This provides an interesting clue to California's racial prejudices in the postwar era.