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(79698) Ethnic Communities, Chinese, War Industry, 1944

Song Yee, Bob Yee and William Hing work the Curtiss Helldiver bomber wing line in a Hudson Motor Car Company plant in Detroit. Behind them a sign reads "From Detroit to Tokio is 6,516 miles by air. Victory for the Allies is not too far off. We Chinese w ...

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(25223) UAW Organizing, Violence, Battle of the Overpass, Dearborn, 1937

An unidentified UAW organizer is knocked to the ground and beaten by a group of Ford Service Department employees during the Battle of the overpass. Third from left with his back to the camera is Sam Taylor. Date:  1937-05-26 ...

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(27982) Republic of New Afrika (RNA), Milton Henry (Gaidi Abiodun Obadele), 1967

Milton R. Henry (Gaidi Abiodun Obadale) at a forum with (from left) the Rev. Hubert G. Locke, former administrative assistant to the Detroit Commissioner of Police, and Newsweek reporter John Dotson. Date:  1967-10-19 Phys ...

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(11440) Lunch, Dodge Main, Chrysler Strike, Hamtramck, Michigan, 1937

Workers at the Dodge Main Plant line up for lunch during their 1937 Sit-Down Strike against Chrysler, Hamtramck, Michigan. Date:  March 9, 1937 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Detroit News Sta ...

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(27984) Republic of New Afrika (RNA), Imari Abubakari Obadele (Richard B. Henry), 1969

Imari Abubakari Obadele (Richard B. Henry), co-founder of the Republic of New Afrika (RNA), speaks with reporters from Detroit news stations. Date:  1969-09-11 Physdesc:  Photo negative Photographer:&nbs ...

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(11484) Leafleting, Ford Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan

George Addes, UAW secretary-treasurer, and Richard Leonard, leader of the Ford organizing drive for the UAW, defy local ordinances and pass out handbills at Gate No. 4 of the Ford Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan. Date:  1940-05-xx ...

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(25226) UAW Organizing, Violence, Battle of the Overpass, Dearborn, 1937

UAW Organizers, members of the UAW Local 174 Women's Auxiliary and their supporters are violently pushed back into the Detroit Street Railway (DSR) waiting area by Ford Service Department employees during the Ford Rouge Plant during the Battle of the Ov ...

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(4018) AFSCME Council 25 members at summer event

AFSCME Michigan Council 25 members enjoy a day at Belle Isle, Detroit. Date:  ca 1970s Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  unknown (AFSCME, AFSCME, Conventions, Conferences and Events (AFSC ...

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(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 ...

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(25225) UAW Organizing, Violence, Battle of the Overpass, Dearborn, 1937

UAW organizers, members of the UAW Local 174 Women's Auxiliary and their supporters are forced back from the Ford Rouge Plant and into the Detroit Street Railway waiting area by Ford Service Department employees during the Battle of the Overpass. Th ...

Image - eclemens - 05/20/2011 - 15:43 - 0 comments - 3 attachments