||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| African Americans and Henry Ford|By Charles E. Coulter|The Making of Black Detroit is a wonderful book, even if the title is somewhat misleading. Beth Tompkins Bates examines the relationship between automaker Henry Ford and the African American in the years between the two World Wars. By the end of World War I, the Ford Motor Company had become a beacon for black migrants. Wh||Recommended. All academic levels/libraries.--Choice||
A detailed and highly readable history of Ford's industrial goals, his controlling social vision for his workers, and his brutal response to unionization.--TriQuarterly||
In the 1920s, Henry Ford hired thousands of African American men for his open-shop system of auto manufacturing. This move was a rejection of the notion that better jobs were for white men only. In The Making of Black Detroit in the Age of Henry Ford, Beth Tompkins Bates explains how black Detroiters, newly arrived from the South, seized the economic opportunities offered by Ford in the hope of gaining greater economic security. As these workers came to realize t...
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You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Making of Black Detroit in the Age of Henry Ford | Beth Tompkins Bates.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
