Willie Campbell, an African American, discusses his career as a UAW production worker and skilled trades millwright at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

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Description:

Willie recounts his youth in Mississippi, his service in the U.S. Army in Korea, and being hired at Fisher in December 1954. He describes the jobs blacks were placed on, discrimination, and being denied an apprenticeship. He comments on millwright work, family, neighborhood, and retirement.

Date Issued:

2006-01-30T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, and Lansing

Subject Topic:

Career in automobile industry and trade, Childhood and youth, Family, African American automobile industry workers, African American labor union members, Korean War, 1950-1953, Discrimination in employment, Milling (Metal-work), Neighborhoods, and Retirement

Subject Name:

Campbell, Willie, Campbell, Willie, Campbell, Willie, and Campbell, Willie

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, Interviews, and Personal narratives, American

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m53b5w82h