[Lee Richardson III, an African American, discusses his career as a production worker and UAW member at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Lee talks about standing in a line that ran four blocks to the elementary school to apply and being hired in September 1977. He describes his impression of the size of the plant, his first jobs and discovering they were not as easy as they looked. Lee tells about finishing college, being a per diem...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors: Richardson, Lee, III (Interviewee)
Howard, Doreen (Interviewer)
Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer)
McQuaid, Cheryl (Interviewer)
Rademacher, Doug (Interviewer)
Fleming, Michael (Interviewer)
Johnson, Linda (Interviewer)
Fedewa, John (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: [2005]
Subjects:
Richardson, Lee, > III > Interviews.
Automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Labor union members > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews.
Richardson, Lee, > III.
Automobile industry and trade.
Applications for positions.
Educational attainment.
Automobile industry workers > Supervision of.
Leisure.
Interviews.
Sound recordings.
Genre:
Interviews.
Sound recordings.
Online Access:
Connect to: Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Local Note:
MSU: Gift of UAW/GM.
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (47 min., 1 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
Description
Summary:
Lee talks about standing in a line that ran four blocks to the elementary school to apply and being hired in September 1977. He describes his impression of the size of the plant, his first jobs and discovering they were not as easy as they looked. Lee tells about finishing college, being a per diem supervisor, and watching Sexton High School football games from the factory roof.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 15556
Playing Time:00:47:01
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Participant or Performer:
Interviewee, Lee Richardson III ; interviewers, Doreen Howard, Marilyn Coulter, Cheryl McQuaid, Doug Rademacher, Michael Fleming, Linda Johnson, John Fedewa.
Event Details:
Recorded on Oct. 17, 2005 as part of the United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project.