Court Street USO
Item
Title
Court Street USO
Description
Court Street USO was founded in 1942 in downtown San Bernardino, CA. As the number of Black servicemen stationed at the nearby bustling air force base grew, the exclusion of Black airmen from the segregated white USO (and in some local businesses downtown) became an increasingly visible problem. The Court Street USO at 663 Court Street became an important social space for Black servicemen and the growing Black community, serving as a space for political action and civil rights during and after World War II.
Date
1942
Creator
The Bridges That Carried Us Over Project
Format
Information Sheet
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Rights Holder
The Bridges That Carried Us Over Project