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

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Locating the Autopsy in 2001

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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