(8748) UAW Organizing, Violence, Battle of the Overpass, Dearborn, 1937

Ford Service Department employees assault a UAW organizer as photographers and reporters record the incident during the Battle of the Overpass. In the background, mounted policemen watch the violence but make no move to stop it.

The two men wearing hats, at center, are identified as Sam Taylor and William Commett

(8748) UAW Organizing, Violence, Battle of the Overpass, Dearborn, 1937
Date: 
1937-05-26
Physdesc: 
Photograph
Photographer: 
James E. (Scotty) Kilpatrick / Detroit News