Detroit tastes blood and lead: Ford plant mobbed by 3,000 idle.

PositionTHE 1930S FLASHBACK - Demonstrations by unemployed Ford Motor Co. workers - Brief article

March 12, 1932

The city of Detroit, wealthy "motor capital" of the world, had its first terrifying taste of blood and lead last Monday when 3,000 hungry, ill-clad members of the city's huge army of unemployed stormed the $200,000,000 plant of the Ford Motor Co. at River Rouge, demanding jobs and food.

Driving police before them with a hail of stones, they...

To continue reading

Request your trial

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT