Lue (Loo) Sudduth, an African American, discusses his 35-year career as a UAW production worker and GM manager at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI
Lue talks about being hired in November 1954 and going to the Paint Shop. He discusses becoming a paint mixer and being one of the first blacks put on supervision. Lue talks about the technical duties of paint mix, swing shifts, women in the plant, and his family.
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- In Collections
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2005-12-07
- Interviewees
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Sudduth, Lue
- Interviewers
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Howard, Doreen
Coulter, Marilyn
- Subjects
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Sudduth, Lue
African American labor union members
Career development
Diversity in the workplace
Families
Middle managers
Paint mixing
Women automobile industry workers
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 01:36:49
- Venue Note
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Recorded on Dec. 7, 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 15568
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6795335
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