[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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors:	Campbell, Willie (Interviewee), Fleming, Michael (Interviewer), Nicholson, Earl (Interviewer), Smith, Jerri (Interviewer), Judy, Gary (Interviewer)
Language:	English
Published:	[2006]
Subjects:	Campbell, Willie > Interviews. Campbell, Willie. Campbell, Willie > Childhood and youth. Campbell, Willie > Family. African American automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews. African American labor union members > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews. Automobile industry and trade. Korean War, 1950-1953 > Personal narratives, American. Discrimination in employment > Michigan > Lansing. Milling (Metal-work) Neighborhoods > Michigan > Lansing. Retirement. Interviews. Sound recordings.
Genre:	Interviews. Personal narratives, American. Sound recordings.
Online Access:	Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Local Note:	MSU: Gift of UAW/GM.
Physical Description:	1 electronic audio file (20 min., 40 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format:	Audio Software

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