#OnThisDay 1932
The #FordHungerMarch, also called the #FordMassacre occurred. 3000 unemployed auto workers in Detroit marched in protest. Police and the security guards employed by Ford Motors shot and killed five workers and wounded many others.
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#OnThisDay 1932
The #FordHungerMarch, also called the #FordMassacre occurred. 3000 unemployed auto workers in Detroit marched in protest. Police and the security guards employed by Ford Motors shot and killed five workers and wounded many others.
Ford Hunger March 1932
Ford Hunger March Veteran David Moore
March 7, 1932 - The Ford Hunger March began on Detroit’s east side and proceeded 10 miles seeking relief during the Great Depression. Facing hunger and evictions, workers had formed neighborhood Unemployed Councils.
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The #FordHungerMarch was on #ThisDayInHistory in 1932, when #police opened fire on an unarmed crowd of the #unemployed during the #GreatDepression, killing five & wounding 60 others. Those killed were members of the #YoungCommunistLeague; fear of the workers created the #NewDeal.
Uncover the forgotten story of the Ford Hunger March: when workers marched for jobs and dignity and were met with bullets. Dive into this pivotal moment in labor history with the first episode of The Inquiry Investigates.
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