Oral history interview with Eleanor Macki, 1970.

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Oral history interview with Eleanor Macki, 1970.

From 1968-1970, Herbert Hill, Roberta McBride and Norman McRae conducted oral history interviews with 32 African-Americans who played a role in trade-unionism in the United States. Major subjects covered were: Afro-American employment, civil rights organizations, trade-unions and organizing, UAW black caucus, discrimination, race relations, segregation, strikes and lockouts, and wages.

Transcript: 12 leaves ; 29 cm.

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Macki, Eleanor,

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Member of the Civil Rights Congress of Michigan. From the description of Oral history interview with Eleanor Macki, 1970. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321547 ...

Civil Rights Congress (U.S.)

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National organization established in 1946 to, among other things, "combat all forms of discrimination against ... labor, the Negro people and the Jewish people, and racial, political, religious, and national minorities." The organization folded in 1955 under pressure from the United States Attorney-General and the House Un-American Activities Committee, which accused the organization of being subversive. From the description of Civil Rights Congress records, 1946-1955. (Unknown). Wor...

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Civil Rights Federation.

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Hill, Charles A.

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