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February 7th

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  1. 1942
    The Rise

    Double V campaign launched

    The Pittsburgh Courier publishes a letter from twenty-six-year-old cafeteria worker James G. Thompson calling for victory over fascism abroad and racial apartheid at home. The paper adopts the Double V logo on its masthead. Circulation passes 200,000 by the end of the war.

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