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- African American Workers at Ford Motor Company - Learn how the Great Migration of southern Blacks to the industrial cities of the north during the 20th century led African Americans to Detroit, and to work at Ford Motor Company.
- February 26, 2013
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African American Workers at Ford Motor Company
Learn how the Great Migration of southern Blacks to the industrial cities of the north during the 20th century led African Americans to Detroit, and to work at Ford Motor Company.
- Ford Motor Company Sociological Department & English School - In the 1910s, Ford Motor Company established schools and codes of behavior to manage and assimilate its workers.
- January 01, 2016
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Ford Motor Company Sociological Department & English School
In the 1910s, Ford Motor Company established schools and codes of behavior to manage and assimilate its workers.
- Ford’s Five-Dollar Day - On January 5, 1914, Ford Motor Company announced a groundbreaking decision to double its workers' wages to five dollars a day. Learn more about it here.
- January 03, 2014
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Ford’s Five-Dollar Day
On January 5, 1914, Ford Motor Company announced a groundbreaking decision to double its workers' wages to five dollars a day. Learn more about it here.
- Lunch at Ford Motor Company - Dive into photographs and documents from our archives to find out how workers at Ford Motor Company in the first half of the 20th century enjoyed lunch.
- January 20, 2022
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Lunch at Ford Motor Company
Dive into photographs and documents from our archives to find out how workers at Ford Motor Company in the first half of the 20th century enjoyed lunch.
- Winter Railroading Was No Holiday - Winter on the railroad was a miserable season, and there were no holidays for railroaders, essential workers of the mid-19th century.
- December 08, 2021
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Winter Railroading Was No Holiday
Winter on the railroad was a miserable season, and there were no holidays for railroaders, essential workers of the mid-19th century.
- Ford Methods and the Ford Shops - In 1913, Ford Motor Company created the world’s most influential assembly line. Soon thereafter, two keen observers of industry compiled a book that gives us a vivid window into this seminal moment in manufacturing history.
- July 22, 2021
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Ford Methods and the Ford Shops
In 1913, Ford Motor Company created the world’s most influential assembly line. Soon thereafter, two keen observers of industry compiled a book that gives us a vivid window into this seminal moment in manufacturing history.
- Grace Lee Boggs' Lifelong Call for Change - Revolutionary political philosopher, writer and activist, Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015) dedicated her life to creating social change, often in collaboration with her husband James Boggs.
- May 08, 2025
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Grace Lee Boggs' Lifelong Call for Change
Revolutionary political philosopher, writer and activist, Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015) dedicated her life to creating social change, often in collaboration with her husband James Boggs.
- “Female Operatives Are Preferred”: Two Stories of Women in Manufacturing - Learn how women's experiences prepared them for manufacturing roles in watch-making in the 19th century and computer core memory weaving in the 20th century.
- September 08, 2021
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“Female Operatives Are Preferred”: Two Stories of Women in Manufacturing
Learn how women's experiences prepared them for manufacturing roles in watch-making in the 19th century and computer core memory weaving in the 20th century.
- Unions and Mandela: A Fight for Equality - What comes to mind when you think about Detroit? Cars. Motown, of course! Labor unions. All these make sense, but do you also think of Nelson Mandela? Probably not. And UAW support of Mandela? It probably never even crosses your mind. For most
- October 24, 2023
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Unions and Mandela: A Fight for Equality
What comes to mind when you think about Detroit? Cars. Motown, of course! Labor unions. All these make sense, but do you also think of Nelson Mandela? Probably not. And UAW support of Mandela? It probably never even crosses your mind. For most
- Recruiting Rosie: Ford Motor Company & Wartime Womanpower - When the United States entered World War II, there were immediate voids in the workforce left by those leaving to fight abroad. Women across the country heard a call to action and stepped in, taking on new roles previously only held by men.
- June 05, 2025
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Recruiting Rosie: Ford Motor Company & Wartime Womanpower
When the United States entered World War II, there were immediate voids in the workforce left by those leaving to fight abroad. Women across the country heard a call to action and stepped in, taking on new roles previously only held by men.