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A documentary presenting the workers' view of working conditions inside Detroit's auto factories. It focuses on the activities of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in their efforts to build an independent African American labor organization which, unlike the United Auto Workers, would respon...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	League of Revolutionary Black Workers, Black Star Productions, First Run/Icarus Films
Other Authors:	Bird, Stewart
Language:	English
Published:	Brooklyn, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, [2003?]
Subjects:	League of Revolutionary Black Workers. African American automobile industry workers > Michigan > Detroit. Automobile industry workers > Labor unions > Michigan > Detroit. African Americans > Employment > Michigan > Detroit. Discrimination in employment > Michigan > Detroit.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

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Summary:	A documentary presenting the workers' view of working conditions inside Detroit's auto factories. It focuses on the activities of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in their efforts to build an independent African American labor organization which, unlike the United Auto Workers, would respond to the racism and dangerous working conditions faced by African American workers in the industry. It also explores the educational "tracking" the role of African American women in the labor force, and racial relations between workers.
Note:	DVD release of the 1970 motion picture. Videorecording.
Call Number:	HD8081.A65 F55 2003 VideoDVD
Credits:	Filmmakers: Stewart Bird, Peter Gessner, Rene ́Lichtman, John Louis, Jim Morrison.
System Details:	DVD.
Participant or Performer:	Members of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers: John Watson, Chuck Wooten, Ron March, Mike Hamlin, Don Jackson, Kenneth Cockrel.