EPISODE · Nov 30, 2025 · 33 MIN
Part II 1925 - 40 Auto Barons and the Black Legion: Labor Terror in the Thirties
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n the 1930s, Detroit and the industrial Midwest became a battleground where corporate power, far-right vigilantism, and labor rebellion collided. The Black Legion, a fascist, Klan-linked terror group, recruited from auto plants and police forces while figures like Harry Bennett used Ford’s security apparatus to violently suppress unions and political dissent.
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