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FORD FACTS (UAW Ford Department)
April 5th issue carries lead article, "Greetings to Negro workers" and states, "This edition has been especially written to explain to the Negro community the program and policy of the UAW - CIO in regards to the present organizational drive." The…
Detroit Conference Largest in History
Program of NAACP national conference in Detroit included speech by Homer Martin, UAW, and debate on adoption of resolution endorsing CIO.
Negro Bids for Union Power
Lists reasons for formation of Negro American Labor Council, and pressures within UAW for Negro membership on UAW Executive Board.
The Automobile Unions and Negro Labor.
Surveys Negro participation in UAW local unions and the International.
Auto Worker' Union against Jim Crow.
Homer Martin's letter stating his union "will not tolerate segregation and will fight for the rights of Negro workers in every way," is quoted.
Notes on Negroes in the Auto Union.
"Notes" include excerpts from United Automobile Worker, from other printed UAW publications and from the Michigan Chronicle; interview with Joe Cranshaw, Arnold Franklin, Coleman Young, Frances Kornegay and Joe Gordon; and correspondence between…
The First Annual Lincoln Birthday Ball
Program for social event of organization of UAW Negroes.
Conference sponsored by the Willow Run Committee on Race Relations and the Michigan Council of Churches and Christian Education, Thursday, January 18, 1945.
Presents program whose participants are largely from local social agencies , UAW, and University of Michigan.
Radical as Liberal; the Evolution of Labor Radicalism in the UAW.
History of UAW, particularly Local 212, emphasizing relationship of Negro workers to the union. Chapter 7. Race, Class and Labor. p.123-144
Indignant Heart
Black auto worker, writing under pseudonym, tells his experiences in the auto industry and in the UAW.