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Black assembly workers at Ford Chicago Assembly Plant

CTL-E-1022 · Institution · other · 1924-present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Black hourly workers at Ford's Torrence Avenue (Hegewisch) assembly plant — the company's oldest continuously operated plant — operating stamping presses, assembly lines, and modern robotic/flexible-manufacturing systems.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from TECH-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-TECH-001:TECH-E-006; source research type(s): None.

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Record CTL-E-1022 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 2 sources · CTL research: TECH-001.
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