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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--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century
- African labor leaders
- African-Americans
- 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-
- 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 »
Alan Reuther: the UAW's Voice in Washington
Posted July 16th, 2012 by mosmith
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The Walter Reuther Library is pleased to announce that an oral history with Alan Reuther is now open for research. Alan Reuther was the Legislative Director for the United Automobile Workers of America (UAW). He served in the UAW’s Washington Office from 1982 until his retirement in 2010. Over the course of his tenure as Legislative Director, Automotive News often cited Reuther as one of the 50 most influential people in the auto industry. read more »
