Portside

In the first years of the war, it was more than coincidental that the frontline fighters were disproportionately Black. Still, the Pentagon was willing to tolerate Black soldiers only inasmuch as they forswore cultural expressions of Blackness.

Telling the story of Jessica Mitford and the fight to integrate public housing in Richmond, California is an inspiration for today's movements for both housing and against ICE and defense of immigrants.