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
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.
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- In Collections
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2006-01-30
- Interviewees
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Campbell, Willie
- Interviewers
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Fleming, Michael
Nicholson, Earl
Smith, Jerri
Judy, Gary
- Subjects
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Campbell, Willie
Korean War (1950-1953)
African American automobile industry workers
African American labor union members
Discrimination in employment
Families
Milling (Metal-work)
Neighborhoods
Retirement
Michigan--Lansing
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:20:40
- Venue Note
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Recorded on Jan. 30, 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 15585
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b6794800
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