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Ford Hunger March, Funerals, Communist Party Headquarters, 1932

The coffins that hold Joe York, George Bussell, Coleman Leny and Joe Blasio, four of the men killed during the Ford Hunger March, are given a public viewing at Detroit's Communist Party Headquarters prior to their internment at Woodmere Cemetery. 

Note: The African American man at front center is Christopher Alston, a future organizer for UAW - Ford.