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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: December 31, 2013
Caption: Battle of the Overpass
Additional Description: ❷ On May 26, 1937, Mr. Reuther and his union colleagues were peacefully handing out organizing leaflets at Fort Motor Company's River Rouge Plant in Michigan when they were brutally attacked by company thugs. Photographs of the bloodied, but not beaten, Reuther and his friends were seen around the country and resulted in a huge PR victory for the tough leader from Wheeling. Close-up of photo on marker
Walter P. Reuther Memorial Library
Submitted: January 12, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p264219
File Size: 1.523 Megabytes

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