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Fighting Ford: Hard Times in Detroit

From: Chris Boulton
Length: 00:12:14

In this intimate oral history, my uncle recalls how the Ford sit-down strike of 1937 radicalized him as a young man. Read the full description.
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Fighting Ford: Hard Times in Detroit
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Chris Boulton

Fordstrike_small As America pulls out of the recession and Detroit retools for the future, this first-hand account revisits a contentious time in our collective past with humor and pathos. It's a story of the American Dream in the midst of the Great Depression and the birth of the UAW. A story told by the teenager who visited his Dad at the barricades of what the BBC called "the strike heard round the world."

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As America pulls out of the recession and Detroit retools for the future, this first-hand account revisits a contentious time in our collective past with humor and pathos. It's a story of the American Dream in the midst of the Great Depression and the birth of the UAW. A story told by the teenager who visited his Dad at the barricades of what the BBC called "the strike heard round the world."

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INTRO:

Since the big auto bail-out, Detroit is undergoing a Renaissance of sorts. From urban gardens to a Super Bowl commercial featuring Eminem. But contributor Chris Boulton would like us to remember another side of Detroit, seen through the eyes of his Uncle who watched the UAW emerge from the ashes of the Great Depression and bring the once great Ford Motor Company to its knees.

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Featuring Robert Larsen

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