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Page 2: Letter to Homer Martin from Outsider – A Challenge

A letter from Gerald Schooley sending poems of support to striking GM workers

Flint Sit Down Strike (1936-37)

A video from the UAW showing the Flint Sit-Down strike on film from the time.

Johnson to Kraus

Letter from a former GM and Ford worker in support of the Flint Sit-Down Strike

Demonstrations, Civil Rights, Washington, DC, 1963

Three African American women, who hold signs and wear hats that show UAW support for civil rights, stand in front of the White House during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, DC.

Ford Motor Co.: Employees: Strikes, UAW Local 600 at City Gate 4, Rouge Plant

A group of workers at the River Rouge Plant (UAW Local 600) carrying picket signs

UAW Organizing, Reuther, Frankensteen, Battle of the Overpass, 1937

UAW organizers pose for the press on the Miller Road Overpass as members of the Ford Service Department approach. Moments after this image was taken the organizers were savagely beaten by the servicemen in the incident that would become known as the Battle of the Overpass. Left to right: Robert Kanter, Walter P. Reuther, Richard Frankensteen, J.J. Kennedy.