1968–1969
Labor / Black organizingBook sources
Black Detroit autoworkers organize DRUM and the League
Detroit, Michigan; Black industrial workers
Black autoworkers organized the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement in 1968 to challenge discrimination and conditions in the auto industry. Related groups joined the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in 1969. Their organizing confronted both employers and racial inequalities within established unions.
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Context / qualification
DRUM and the League were related but distinct organizations. The cited archival finding aid describes surviving records; the underlying leaflets, grievances and internal debates have not all been independently examined.
Sources
- Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States, chapter 17, pp. 464–465; supplied print pages, edition/year unidentified
- Walter P. Reuther Library: Detroit Revolutionary Movements Records finding aid ↗