Episode 236: The Thanksgiving Day Riot

Episode 236: The Thanksgiving Day Riot

29:59 Oct 20, 2025
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World War II had the effect of making Fort Huachuca into a a central gathering place for Black men and women serving in the U.S. Army. Their experience ran parallel with their white counterparts, except for a notable undercurrent of segregation, prejudice, and racism. And those same undercurrents would result in a minor war breaking out on the streets of Phoenix on Thanksgiving Day 1942.
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