(11444) Demonstration, Chrysler Strike, Cadillac Square, Detroit, Michigan, 1937

An estimated 200,000 auto workers and strike supporters gather in Cadillac Square to demonstrate against the eviction of sit-down strikers from Chrysler Plants, Detroit, Michigan. At center, UAW president Homer Martin stands on the dais prior to his announcement that Ford would be organized in the near future. At the time it was thought to be the largest demonstration in the history of organized labor in the United States.