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African Americans and the UAW
Posted February 22nd, 2013 by mosmith
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- African American labor union members
- African Americans
- African Americans--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century
- African labor leaders
- Anti-apartheid movements
- Automobile industry workers
- Bieber, Owen
- Civil rights--America
- Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (U.S.)
- Crockett, George W.
- Desegregation
- Desegregation
- Detroit (Mich.)
- Detroit--politics and government
- Detroit--race relations
- Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement
- Ford Motor Company
- Ford Rouge Plant
- Fraser, Douglas A. (Douglas Andrew), 1916-2008
- Integration
- Labor
- Lucy, William
- Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013
- Michigan--History
- Race relations
- Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970
- Sheffield, Horace
- UAW
- UAW
- UAW Ford Local 600
- Walter P. Reuther Library
- Woodcock, Leonard
- Young, Coleman A.
The Reuther Library celebrates African American History Month with a brief review of the important role that African Americans have played in the formation and growth of the United Automobile Workers of America (UAW), one of the most powerful unions in American history, and the influence of black UAW members within the polity of Detroit. read more »
Subject Focus: Armistice Day and Veterans Day
Posted November 4th, 2011 by teller
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Although the First World War did not officially end until the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919, combat between the Allied nations and Germany ended on November 11, 1918, when an armistice was called for the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. read more »
UAW Local 1975 Records Now Open
Posted February 6th, 2026 by gstrassel
The Reuther Library is very excited to announce the opening of the UAW Local 1975 Records . Hailing from Ypsilanti (that’s pronounced “ip·suh·lan·tee”), UAW Local 1975 (also known as UAW/TOP Local 1975) is a labor union representing clerical workers at Eastern Michigan University (EMU). read more »
Digital Collection Announcement: Detroit Metro Times (1980-1995)
Posted January 30th, 2026 by pneirink
The Walter P. Reuther Library and the Wayne State University Library System are pleased to announce a recently launched digital collection. Taken from a series of the presently unprocessed Ron Williams Papers, this online resource spans back issues of the Detroit Metro Times from its inception in October 1980 through late September 1995.
Please enjoy this resource on our Digital Collections platform, which is available now at this web address: https://wayne.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/metrotimes read more »
