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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 cars, save money and send their children to college. In metropolitan areas with big auto ...
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