Walter Bennefield, an African American, discusses his career as a UAW production worker and GM production manager at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Walt describes being overwhelmed when he was hired in September 1968, joining management in 1978 and finding it difficult to supervise people he worked with on the line. Walt describes a typical day for supervisors, the dress code for supervisors, meeting his wife in the plant and their struggles with an interracial marriage.
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- In Collections
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2006-05-01
- Interviewees
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Bennefield, Walter
- Interviewers
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McQuaid, Cheryl
Smith, Jerri
Fedewa, John
- Subjects
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Bennefield, Walter
African American automobile industry workers
African American labor union members
Career development
Dress codes in the workplace
Interracial marriage
Middle managers
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 01:21:31
- Venue Note
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Recorded May 1, 2006, 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 15475
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6794053
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