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- Description:
- Helen Piwkowski and Jeannette Oksa talk about their lives, families, and their work in a cigar factory in Detroit, Michigan. They also discuss being born in Poland and emigrating to the U.S., their education, their union activity, race relations in Detroit neighborhoods and in the workplace, and the Polish community in Detroit.
- Date Issued:
- 1981-02-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Robert "Buddy" Battle talks about his role in the formation of the Trade Union Leadership Council (TULC), an African American labor organization that became a significant force in Detroit politics. Battle talks about issues of race relations, discrimination, and segregation in organized labor and the UAW and the Ford Local 600. He also talks about Detroit and Michigan politics and the rise of Coleman Young, Richard Austin, and others.
- Date Issued:
- 1982-02-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Robert "Buddy" Battle talks about his role in the formation of the Trade Union Leadership Council (TULC), an African American labor organization that became a significant force in Detroit politics. Battle talks about issues of race relations, discrimination, and segregation in organized labor and the UAW and the Ford Local 600. He also talks about Detroit and Michigan politics and the rise of Coleman Young, Richard Austin, and others.
- Date Issued:
- 1982-02-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Helen Piwkowski and Jeannette Oksa talk about their lives, families, and their work in a cigar factory in Detroit, Michigan. They also discuss being born in Poland and emigrating to the U.S., their education, their union activity, race relations in Detroit neighborhoods and in the workplace, and the Polish community in Detroit.
- Date Issued:
- 1981-02-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection