Assembly Line Housing: Walter P. Reuther, George Romney, and Operation Breakthrough – Part 1

Tales from the Reuther Library
09/08/2018 28 min
Assembly Line Housing: Walter P. Reuther, George Romney, and Operation Breakthrough – Part 1

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In the first of a two-part series, Dr. Kristin Szylvian explains the role of the American labor movement, and UAW president Walter Reuther in particular, in lobbying for and shaping fair housing programs and legislation in Detroit and nationally after the Second World War. That influence paved the way for an unlikely alliance in the … Continue reading Assembly Line Housing: Walter P. Reuther, George Romney, and Operation Breakthrough – Part 1

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