US poster promoting victory over racism at home and fascism abroad
- Artwork Title
- United We Win
- Date
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1943
- Geography
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publication :
Washington (D.C.)
- Language
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English
- Classification
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Posters
- Category
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War propaganda
- Object Type
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Posters, American (lcsh)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
US poster promoting the need for an integrated workforce to support the war effort. It depicts a black American and a white male working together to rivet an airplane. Roosevelt's June 1941 executive order prohibited discrimination in defense work. After the US declared war in December 1941, there was a labor shortage as war production increased and working men enlisted in the military. The War Manpower Commission, formed in 1942 to mobilize the work force, spotlighted the need to overcome prejudice and hire workers from all segments of the population. Black Americans also faced discrimination in the military and many saw the war as a Double-V victory in a fight against fascism and racism, at home and abroad.
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The collection consists of two United We Win posters produced by the United States during World War II linking the need to fight fascism on the war front with the need to fight racism on the home front.
US poster promoting victory over racism at home and fascism abroad
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US poster promoting the need for an integrated workforce to support the war effort. It depicts a black American and a white male working together to rivet an airplane. Roosevelt's June 1941 executive order prohibited discrimination in defense work. After the US declared war in December 1941, there was a labor shortage as war production increased and working men enlisted in the military. The War Manpower Commission, formed in 1942 to mobilize the work force, spotlighted the need to overcome prejudice and hire workers from all segments of the population. Black Americans also faced discrimination in the military and many saw the war as a Double-V victory in a fight against fascism and racism, at home and abroad.