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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 »
Now Accepting - Applications for the 2026 Sam Fishman Research Travel Grant
Posted February 25th, 2026 by krouan
The Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs is now accepting applications for the 2026 Sam Fishman Research Travel Grant. The program provides research grants of up to $1,000 to support faculty, students, independent researchers, and union members to defray travel, lodging, food, and other costs to conduct research in the Reuther's extensive labor collections. The award is named in honor of Sam Fishman, a former UAW and Michigan AFL-CIO leader and grants are only given in support of projects relating to labor history.
Applications are due March 30, 2026.
For more information, please visit our Scholarships page.
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 »
