[Lue (Loo) Sudduth, an African American, discusses his 35-year career as a UAW production worker and GM manager at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI].

Lue talks about being hired in November 1954 and going to the Paint Shop. He discusses becoming a paint mixer and being one of the first blacks put on supervision. Lue talks about the technical duties of paint mix, swing shifts, women in the plant, and his family.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	United Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History Project
Other Authors:	Sudduth, Lue (Interviewee) Howard, Doreen (Interviewer) Coulter, Marilyn (Interviewer)
Language:	English
Published:	[2005]
Subjects:	Sudduth, Lue > Interviews. Middle managers > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews. African American labor union members > Michigan > Lansing > Interviews. Sudduth, Lue. Automobile industry and trade. Career development > Michigan > Lansing. Paint mixing. Diversity in the workplace > Michigan > Lansing. Women automobile industry workers > Michigan > Lansing. Sudduth, Lue > Family. 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 (96 min., 49 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format:	Audio Software

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