Inside the Consolidated-Vultee plant on Franklin Avenue
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Women worked alongside men, but the government had to convince the company to let black men work in skilled jobs, unlike the nearby Higgins Industries, which had an integrated work force.
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This file appears in: Camp Leroy Johnson
Camp Leroy Johnson
During WWII, Camp Leroy Johnson was used along with the New Orleans Airport by the Army and Airforce Bomber Squadron for training. Signal and Quartermaster units were trained on the post, which housed…