United We Win poster collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn535265
• English
• 1943
• overall: Height: 40.000 inches (101.6 cm) | Width: 28.500 inches (72.39 cm)
• Updated 6 months ago

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 discriminat...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn535267
• English
• 1943
• overall: Height: 44.250 inches (112.395 cm) | Width: 32.500 inches (82.55 cm)
• Updated 6 months ago

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 discriminat...