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In 3–5 sentences, describe the causes and impact of the Ford Hunger March in Dearborn, Michigan, in 1932

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The Ford Hunger March grew out of the Great Depression’s mass unemployment and sharply reduced relief, combined with Henry Ford’s anti-union policies and refusal to meet workers’ demands. When unemployed auto workers and community supporters marched on Ford’s Dearborn plant to demand jobs and relief, they were met by Dearborn police and Ford security with gunfire and batons; several marchers were killed and many wounded. The killings provoked national outrage, damaged Ford’s public image, highlighted violent repression of labor, and helped galvanize support for industrial unionism—contributing to the rise of stronger organizing efforts such as the United Auto Workers later in the 1930s.