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Manpower: one-tenth of a nation

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United States. War Manpower Commission

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A 1942 pamphlet about war production, discouraging discrimination and encouraging businessmen to hire African Americans.
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Defense Industries
  3. Discrimination
  4. Discrimination In Employment
  5. United States
  6. World War, 1939 1945

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