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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 #FordMotorCompany
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"It seems reddit gave Infinity an extension to be able to get the new paid version done"
"To keep us addicted, many of the websites and apps we use fuel the same neural circuitry used by cocaine and slot machines.
But RSS feeds allow you to consume content in a way that's free from any distractions or sneaky cocaine strategies.
They allow you to see only the content you want to read right there in the feed, in its entirety, and without all the fancy ads or triggering comments."
https://openrss.org/blog/rss-feeds-may-be-better-for-your-mental-health
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