Detroit Revolutionary Movements records, 1968-1976, (bulk 1970-1974).

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Detroit Revolutionary Movements records, 1968-1976, (bulk 1970-1974).

Correspondence, clippings, newspapers, memoranda, pamphlets, minutes, reports, and other materials relating to the activities of General Gordon Baker and Ronald Glotta on behalf of Detroit Revolutionary Movements. Includes material relating to: Leonard Woodcock and Kenneth Cockrel. Important subjects covered in the collection are: UAW Local 3, greivance and arbitration procedures, communism in the United States, Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement, and National Lawyers Guild.

8 linear ft. (16 boxes)

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Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs

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Cockrel, Kenneth V.

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Communist Labor Party of America

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Glotta, Ronald.

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Sims, Jordan U.

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Eldon Revolutionary Union Movement.

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League of Revolutionary Black Workers

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Chrysler corporation

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On Jan. 4, 1980, the Chrysler Corp. permanently closed its Hamtramck Assembly Plant, commonly called "Dodge Main", marking the end of nearly 70 years of continuous manufacturing operations at the facility. John Frances and Horace Elgin Dodge were pioneers in the automobile industry, beginning with a machine shop to supply auto plants with parts, working with both Ransom E. Olds and Henry Ford, and eventually building a new plant on a 30 acre site in Hamtramck in 1910. Wanting to build their own ...

National Lawyers Guild

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The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) was founded in 1937 as an association of progressive lawyers and jurists who believed that lawyers had a major role to play in reconstructing legal values by emphasizing human rights over property rights. From its inception, the Guild welcomed into its ranks all members of the profession without regard to race, gender or ethnic identity; it was the first national legal professional association to do so. Since its founding, the Guild has been instrumental in leadi...

Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement

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Communist League of America

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Detroit Revolutionary Movements.

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Woodcock, Leonard

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Executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Leonard Woodcock : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122574194 Labor leader. From the description of Oral history interview with Leonard Woodcock, 1963. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321454 ...

Baker, General Gordon

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Motor City Labor League

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