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 (DIR) Post #AcBY3EvTYgkLdbwpHs by ixi@mastodon.online
       2023-08-29T12:22:25Z
       
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       "During the Great Depression, Detroit and its auto-industry suffered an exceptional amount. After the stock market crash of 1929, around 80 percent of the industry was no longer producing and by 1932 large numbers of citizens were dying of starvation. The Ford Motor Company, one of the richest employers, had laid off two-thirds of its employees.On the morning of 7 March 1932, 3,000 former and current Ford workers and other unemployed members of the community gathered on the outskirts.1/4
       
 (DIR) Post #AcBY3H5TWTvwLCdq9Q by ixi@mastodon.online
       2023-08-29T12:25:11Z
       
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       The marchers planned to walk to Dearborn, Michigan, to the Ford River Rouge Complex, the main Ford factory that housed the company's employment office. Upon entering Dearborn, however, the protesters encountered city police.2/4
       
 (DIR) Post #AcBY3J20IMLSN1261A by ixi@mastodon.online
       2023-08-29T12:26:33Z
       
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       The police launched tear gas against the marchers, some of whom began throwing stones and dirt clods in response. The Fire Department attacked the protesters with cold water from their fire hoses, and the protesters continued to throw stones.3/4
       
 (DIR) Post #AcBY3Kyt2v2YPvadRA by ixi@mastodon.online
       2023-08-29T12:27:32Z
       
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       The police and Ford security began to shoot at the crowds of marchers, killing four marchers and injuring over sixty more. The Ford Hunger March also became known as the Ford Massacre and sparked an outcry against the police brutality of unemployed protesters."#KingsInDisguise #GraphicNovel #FordHungerMarch #FordMassacre #GreatDepression #FordMotorCompany4/4