Archive for ‘February 23rd, 2007’

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Feb23

Some pics from Hawai’i

by Duane on February 23rd, 2007 at 1:40 pm
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Here are just a few of the over 600 pictures I took on our recent vacation. Clicking on the picture will show you a much larger version. As for pics of my family, I’m not quite ready to put my family out there on the net like that . Some of the pics may [...]

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Feb23

Blacks and the automobile industry: an overview

by Duane on February 23rd, 2007 at 11:55 am
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Written by William Reed
*Excerpted*
“In 1914, Henry Ford paid workers $5 per day and prompted the movement of millions of blacks to the urban north.AsA As America’s first major “equal opportunity employer, Ford reached out to African American communities, churches and newspapers to find factory workers. Automobile industry wages enabled black workers to buy homes, own [...]

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