Summary Who was Rev. Bradford? "The Forgotten Man's Hour" Father Charles Coughlin The Ford Hunger March The River Rouge Plant African Americans and the Success of the CIO Lewis Bradford Harry Bennett The Battle of the Overpass Layoffs and Intimidation Muriel Lester Lewis is Attacked Lewis Dies Locating the Autopsy A City Mourns Who Knew? UAW Wins at Ford Acknowledgments Bibliography |
In April 2001, I contacted the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office. Cassandra Lee told me, "Yes, we could search for a record - but 1937? That could be real tough." She searched for two months. Then I got the call in early June. "We found the autopsy." I was almost breathless. She read from the report, "Multiple stellate fractures at the base of the skull, and multiple stellate fractures along the convex portion of the skull." I spoke with Dr. Carl Schmidt, Forensic Pathologist for Wayne County. It was clear to him what was in the autopsy report and he told me, "This was no accident - this was a homicide that was never investigated. . . There's no way in hell that he fell." (Phone Interview with Dr. Carl Schmidt, Forensic Pathologist for the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office, June 22, 2001). |
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