Industries Employing Colored Men

Industries Employing Colored Men

A list of companies hiring African-American men for skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled labor. The companies listed are: Henry Disston & Son, Fels & Co., Westinghouse Electric Co., Exide Storage Battery Co., Bethlehem Steel Works, Wilson-Matin Co., Wm. Cramps & Son, Ford Motor Co., Lukens Steel Works, Atlantic Refining Co., Midvale Steel Co., P.R.T., P&R.R., Baldwin Locomotive Works, United Gas Imp., PA. R.R., Bell Telephone Co, Franklin Sugar Refining, Dupont Co., Barret Co., and American Ice & Coal Co.

A list of businesses hiring African American men. The list includes the companies, and the number of wanted by skill level.

Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries

WCU, HIS601/HON452 Great Migration and Digital Storytelling, Fall 2014

1923

Ben Spohn

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