Walter Reuther

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civil rights activist human labor leader political activist trade unionist

Walter Reuther was a prominent American labor leader and civil rights advocate who led the United Auto Workers (UAW) and played a key role in mid-20th-century social and economic reform movements.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights activist → human → labor leader → political activist → trade unionist →
affiliation	Democratic Party →
awardReceived	Presidential Medal of Freedom →
causeOfDeath	airplane crash →
countryOfBirth	United States of America →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1907-09-01 →
dateOfDeath	1970-05-09 →
educatedAt	West Virginia University →
employer	Ford Motor Company → United Auto Workers →
ethnicGroup	German American →
familyName	Reuther →
givenName	Walter →
knownFor	advocacy of industrial unionism → leadership in collective bargaining in the auto industry → support for racial integration and voting rights → support for social welfare and full-employment policies →
memberOf	AFL–CIO → Congress of Industrial Organizations → United Auto Workers →
movement	American labor movement → New Deal coalition → civil rights movement →
name	Walter Reuther →
notableWork	advocacy for social democracy and welfare state policies → leadership of the United Auto Workers → role in the 1936–1937 Flint sit-down strike → support for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom →
occupation	labor leader → politician → trade union organizer →
placeOfBirth	Wheeling, West Virginia →
placeOfDeath	near Pellston, Michigan →
politicalIdeology	liberalism in the United States → social democracy →
positionHeld	President of the United Auto Workers →
religion	Lutheranism →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	Roy Reuther → Victor Reuther →
spouse	May Wolf Reuther →
workLocation	Detroit → Michigan → United States of America →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Walter Reuther ("Victor Reuther") → Walter Reuther ("Roy Reuther") →	sibling
Cold War liberalism →	associatedWithPerson
Walter Reuther ("Reuther") →	familyName
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom →	hasParticipant
Congress of Industrial Organizations →	keyPerson
Walter Reuther →	name
Flint sit-down strike →	notableLeader