[Interview of former steelworker and labor leader Tom Turner].

Former steelworker and labor leader Tom Turner talks about his childhood and education in River Rouge and Ecorse, Mi and his involvement in organized labor and the civil rights movement. Turner also talks about discrimination and segregation in Detroit and in the workplace, his time as president of...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Michigan Labor History Society (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Turner, Tom (Labor leader) (Interviewee)
Babson, Steve
Language:English
Series:Detroit labor history tours.
Subjects:
Turner, Tom > (Labor leader) > Interviews.
Labor leaders > Interviews.
Turner, Tom > (Labor leader) > Political activity.
Labor unions.
Civil rights movements.
Discrimination > Michigan > Detroit.
Discrimination in employment.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. > Detroit Branch.
Wayne County AFL-CIO (Wayne County, Mich.)
African American labor leaders.
Minorities > Employment.
Oral histories.
Sound recordings.
Genre:
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Sound recordings.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Local Note:
MSU: Gift of John Revitte.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (1 hr., 53 min., 41 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software
Description
Summary:
Former steelworker and labor leader Tom Turner talks about his childhood and education in River Rouge and Ecorse, Mi and his involvement in organized labor and the civil rights movement. Turner also talks about discrimination and segregation in Detroit and in the workplace, his time as president of the Detroit NAACP and president of the Wayne County AFL-CIO, and the many labor leaders who inspired him. Turner says that black trade union leaders constantly and successfully pressured employers and organized labor to widen access for minorities to skilled trades and better paying jobs.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Part of the Detroit labor history tours sponsored by the Michigan Labor History Society.
Turner is interviewed as source material for the book "Working Detroit: the making of a union town" by Steve Babson.
Call Number:Voice 42477
DB42477
Playing Time:01:53:41
Event Details:
Recorded 1982 March 11