One of Detroit’s most important Civil Rights sites, the Sojourner Truth Homes were completed in 1942. Planned and designed for Black war workers during World War II, the surrounding neighborhood, which was White, vehemently protested the development which ignited a passionate demand for equity in housing by the Black community. Permanent public housing was rarely allocated to Black war workers, who were often confined to subpar temporary units or left to find their own housing in overcrowded, segregated enclaves. The allocation of the Sojourner Truth Homes to Black workers represented a significant step forward in the quest for fair housing, fair employment, and equal treatment. When Black residents tried to move in, the housing complex was the site of a violent clash between White residents in adjacent neighborhoods and the Black tenants. The violent events which occurred at the site and the site’s significance in the fight for equity in housing highlight the significant role the Sojourner Truth Homes played in the fight for equality at the dawn of the Civil Rights era.