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                <text>Oral histories conducted in Detroit by Herbert Hill, Roberta McBride, Norman McRae and others during the late 1960’s. Brief descriptions of the interviews may be found in Warner Pflug’s Guide to the Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs.</text>
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              <text>Geraldine Bledsoe was the former director of Equal Employment Opportunity Michigan Employment Security Commission. In this interview Bledsoe describes the CIO and the black community, the Detroit chapter of the NAACP, Reverend Charles Hill and civil rights organization from 1935-1945.</text>
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