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Lue (Loo) Sudduth, an African American, discusses his 35-year career as a UAW production worker and GM manager at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI

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Sudduth, Lue

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Lue talks about being hired in November 1954 and going to the Paint Shop. He discusses becoming a paint mixer and being one of the first blacks put on supervision. Lue talks about the technical duties of paint mix, swing shifts, women in the plant, and his family.
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Howard, DoreenCoulter, MarilynUnited Auto Workers Local 602/General Motors Oral History ProjectVincent Voice Library
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Keywords

  1. African American Labor Union Members
  2. African Americans
  3. Career Development
  4. Career In Automobile Industry And Trade
  5. Diversity In The Workplace
  6. Family
  7. Interviews
  8. Middle Managers
  9. Paint Mixing
  10. Sudduth, Lue
  11. Women
  12. Women Automobile Industry Workers

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