Oral history interview with Robert Battle, 1969.

Randolph, A. Philip, 1889-1979

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Asa Philip Randolph (born April 15, 1889, Cresent City, Florida-died May 16, 1979, New York City), African-American labor leader and early civil rights spokesman. Influenced by the socialism of Eugene Debs, Randolph began publishing his magazine The Messenger in 1917. He opposed U.S. entry into the first World War. In 1925 he organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. His associations with Bayard Rustin and James Farmer influenced his dedication to nonviolence. Randolph was a founder of ...

Tappes, Shelton, 1911-1991

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Shelton Tappes was born in Omaha, Nebraska on March 27, 1911 and came to Detroit in the late 1920s. A UAW member since 1937, Mr. Tappes was particularly active in the organization of the Production Foundry Unit at the Ford Rouge plant in 1941. He was a part-time organizer for the Foundry Unit, the first Foundry Unit chairman, and a member of the negotiating committee that secured the UAW's first contract with Ford Motor Company in 1941. He served as recording secretary of Local 600 from 1942 thr...

Thomas, R. J. (Rolland Jay), 1900-1967

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Roland Jay Thomas (June 9, 1900 – April 18, 1967), also known as R. J. Thomas, was born in East Palestine, Ohio. He grew up in eastern Ohio and attended the College of Wooster for two years. The need to help support his family caused him to leave college and go to work. In 1923, he moved to Detroit, where he worked in a number of automobile plants. He became active in efforts to organize the automobile industry and was the president of Chrysler Local 7 when it affiliated with the United Auto ...

Sheffield, Horace.

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Horace Sheffield, 1968. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321571 ...

Mazey, Emil, 1913-1983

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Labor leader, of Detroit, Mich. From the description of Papers, 1933-1981. (Wayne State University). WorldCat record id: 28421693 Secretary-Treasurer of UAW. President of UAW Briggs Local 212 between 1937-1941 and 1943-1944. From the description of Emil L. Mazey papers, 1933-1981. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321140 ...

White, Walter Francis, 1893-1955

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Executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. From the description of Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1935. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 243854199 Walter Francis White (1893-1955), was an African American civil rights activist and leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1931-1955. Walter White married Leah Gladys Powell (1893-1979) in 1922, and they ...

Noble, Oscar.

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Miriani, Louis C.

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Louis Miriani was Detroit sixtieth mayor, from 1957-1962. He also served on Detroit's Common Council before and after becoming mayor. He was born in 1897 and died in 1987. From the description of Louis C. Miriani papers, 1941-1969. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 55956813 ...

Battle, Robert, III, 1917-1989

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President of the Trade Union Leadership Council (TULC) of Detroit. From the description of Oral history interview with Robert Battle, 1969. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321511 ...

Cavanagh, Jerome P.

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Mayor of the City of Detroit. From the description of Jerome P. Cavanagh papers, 1960-1979. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321236 ...

Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970

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Addes, George F., 1910-

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UAW Secretary-Treasurer. From the description of Oral history interview with George F. Addes, 1960. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321288 ...

Meany, George, 1894-1980

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Labor official; interviewee d.1980. From the description of Reminiscences of George Meany : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122587289 President, AFL-CIO, 1955-1980. George Meany (1894-1980) was elected president of the American Federation of Labor (A.F. of L.) in 1952. His efforts to unite his organization with its rival, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), was successful, and he was ...

Abner, Willoughby, 1920-1972

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President of Amalgamated Local Union 734 in Chicago, Ill. UAW international representative. Assistant Director for the UAW Labor Studies Center in Detroit, Mich. From the description of Willoughby Abner papers, 1955-1964, (bulk 1961-1964). (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32320807 ...

McKie, Bill

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