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Photographer: Courtesy of the Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit.
Caption: The Hunger March: Labor's Historic Confrontation Marker — bottom right image
Additional Description: Victims Kalman Leny, Joseph DeBlasio, Joseph Bussell, and Joseph York were buried at Woodmere Cemetery on March 12, 1932. A fifth victim, Curtis Williams, died weeks later and was denied burial there because he was African-American. In 1992, UAW Local 600 honored them with headstones.
Submitted: July 9, 2021, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.
Database Locator Identification Number: p595997
File Size: 2.765 Megabytes

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