March 7, 1932
The Ford Hunger March began on Detroit’s east side, seeking relief during the Great Depression. Facing hunger and evictions, workers had formed neighborhood Unemployed Councils. At the Detroit city limit, the marchers were met by Dearborn police and doused by fire hoses. Despite the cold weather, they continued to the Employment Office of the Ford River Rouge plant, from which there had been massive layoffs. Five workers were killed and nineteen wounded by police and company guards armed with pistols, rifles and a machine gun.
