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- African American Workers at Ford Motor Company - Learn how the Great Migration of southern Blacks to the industrial cities of the north during the 20th century led African Americans to Detroit, and to work at Ford Motor Company.
- February 26, 2013
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African American Workers at Ford Motor Company
Learn how the Great Migration of southern Blacks to the industrial cities of the north during the 20th century led African Americans to Detroit, and to work at Ford Motor Company.
- Ford Motor Company Sociological Department & English School - In the 1910s, Ford Motor Company established schools and codes of behavior to manage and assimilate its workers.
- January 01, 2016
- Collections - popular research topic
Ford Motor Company Sociological Department & English School
In the 1910s, Ford Motor Company established schools and codes of behavior to manage and assimilate its workers.
- Lunch at Ford Motor Company - Dive into photographs and documents from our archives to find out how workers at Ford Motor Company in the first half of the 20th century enjoyed lunch.
- January 20, 2022
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Lunch at Ford Motor Company
Dive into photographs and documents from our archives to find out how workers at Ford Motor Company in the first half of the 20th century enjoyed lunch.
- Grace Lee Boggs' Lifelong Call for Change - Revolutionary political philosopher, writer and activist, Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015) dedicated her life to creating social change, often in collaboration with her husband James Boggs.
- May 08, 2025
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Grace Lee Boggs' Lifelong Call for Change
Revolutionary political philosopher, writer and activist, Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015) dedicated her life to creating social change, often in collaboration with her husband James Boggs.
- “Female Operatives Are Preferred”: Two Stories of Women in Manufacturing - Learn how women's experiences prepared them for manufacturing roles in watch-making in the 19th century and computer core memory weaving in the 20th century.
- September 08, 2021
- Collections - article
“Female Operatives Are Preferred”: Two Stories of Women in Manufacturing
Learn how women's experiences prepared them for manufacturing roles in watch-making in the 19th century and computer core memory weaving in the 20th century.
- Recruiting Rosie: Ford Motor Company & Wartime Womanpower - When the United States entered World War II, there were immediate voids in the workforce left by those leaving to fight abroad. Women across the country heard a call to action and stepped in, taking on new roles previously only held by men.
- June 05, 2025
- Collections - article
Recruiting Rosie: Ford Motor Company & Wartime Womanpower
When the United States entered World War II, there were immediate voids in the workforce left by those leaving to fight abroad. Women across the country heard a call to action and stepped in, taking on new roles previously only held by men.
- Contradictory Impacts: Mechanizing California’s Tomato Harvest - While mechanical tomato harvesters represent large-scale scientific and industrial advances, they also offer insight into this country’s complex labor history.
- October 28, 2021
- Collections - article
Contradictory Impacts: Mechanizing California’s Tomato Harvest
While mechanical tomato harvesters represent large-scale scientific and industrial advances, they also offer insight into this country’s complex labor history.
- Ford Rubber Plantations in Brazil - Ford Motor Company’s efforts to secure a regular source of rubber resulted in the establishment of plantations in Brazil.
- January 01, 2016
- Collections - popular research topic
Ford Rubber Plantations in Brazil
Ford Motor Company’s efforts to secure a regular source of rubber resulted in the establishment of plantations in Brazil.
- Just Added to Our Digital Collections: Battle of the Overpass Photos - We've just digitized a number of photographs documenting a touchpoint and rallying cry in the history of labor organization: the Battle of the Overpass at Ford Motor Company's Rouge complex.
- March 18, 2014
- Collections - article
Just Added to Our Digital Collections: Battle of the Overpass Photos
We've just digitized a number of photographs documenting a touchpoint and rallying cry in the history of labor organization: the Battle of the Overpass at Ford Motor Company's Rouge complex.
- The Ford Pipers - Henry Ford sponsored a number of Ford Motor Company employee bands, one of which was a group of Scottish and Irish pipers and drummers. The Ford Pipe Band, also known as the Ford Kiltie Band, was formed in 1932.
- March 17, 2015
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The Ford Pipers
Henry Ford sponsored a number of Ford Motor Company employee bands, one of which was a group of Scottish and Irish pipers and drummers. The Ford Pipe Band, also known as the Ford Kiltie Band, was formed in 1932.