Interview of former steelworker and labor leader Tom Turner
Former steelworker and labor leader Tom Turner talks about his childhood and education in River Rouge and Ecorse, Mi and his involvement in organized labor and the civil rights movement. Turner also talks about discrimination and segregation in Detroit and in the workplace, his time as president of the Detroit NAACP and president of the Wayne County AFL-CIO, and the many labor leaders who inspired him. Turner says that black trade union leaders constantly and successfully pressured employers and organized labor to widen access for minorities to skilled trades and better paying jobs.
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- In Collections
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date Published
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1982-03-11
- Interviewees
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Turner, Tom (Labor leader)
- Sponsors
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Michigan Labor History Society
- Subjects
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Turner, Tom (Labor leader)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Detroit Branch
Wayne County AFL-CIO (Wayne County, Mich.)
African American labor leaders
Civil rights movements
Discrimination
Discrimination in employment
Labor leaders
Labor unions
Minorities--Employment
Political participation
Michigan--Detroit
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Series
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Detroit labor history tours
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 01:53:41
- Venue Note
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Recorded 1982 March 11
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 42477
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b13084235
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