Lee Richardson III, an African American, discusses his career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Lee talks about standing in a line that ran four blocks to the elementary school to apply and being hired in September 1977. He describes his impression of the size of the plant, his first jobs and discovering they were not as easy as they looked. Lee tells about finishing college, being a per diem supervisor, and watching Sexton High School football games from the factory roof.
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- In Collections
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Lansing Auto Town
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date Published
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2005-10-17
- Interviewees
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Richardson, Lee, III
- Interviewers
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Howard, Doreen
Coulter, Marilyn
McQuaid, Cheryl
Rademacher, Doug
Fleming, Michael
Johnson, Linda
Fedewa, John
- Subjects
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Richardson, Lee, III
Richardson, Lee
Applications for positions
Automobile industry workers
Educational attainment
Labor union members
Leisure
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:47:01
- Venue Note
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Recorded on Oct. 17, 2005 as part of the United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project.
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 15556
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6795324
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