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Big Three Meet NAACP Over Racial Bias Claims
All three Detroit automakers agreed to a session with the NAACP to discuss alleged racial discrimination in hiring and promotion. GM joined Ford and Chrysler after a request from NAACP official Herbert Hill, amid ongoing civil rights demonstrations and related disputes nationwide.
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Detroit
Big 3
NAACP
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
General Motors Corp
Louis G. Seaton
Herbert Hill
Hill
New York
Ford
Chrysler
Civil Rights Organization
Big Three
General Motors
Freedom Army
Philadelphia
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Indiana
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Natchez
Miss
Robert Moses
Mississippi
U.S. Justice Department
Jackson