Ford Hunger March

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Ford Hunger March
Date	March 7, 1932; 92 years ago (1932-03-07)
Location	Dearborn, Michigan, US 42°18′27″N 83°09′21″W / 42.3076°N 83.1558°W / 42.3076; -83.1558
Goals	14 demands for workers' rights
Parties
Unemployed auto workers Ford Motor Company
Lead figures
Albert Goetz John Schmies Ford security and city police
Casualties
Death(s)	5 protesters
Injuries	22 protesters and 25 police

The Ford Hunger March, sometimes called the Ford Massacre, was a demonstration on March 7, 1932 in the United States by unemployed auto workers in Detroit, Michigan, which took place during the height of the Great Depression. The march started in Detroit and ended in Dearborn, Michigan, in a confrontation in which four workers were shot to death by the Dearborn Police Department and the security guards employed by the Ford Motor Company. More than 60 workers were injured, many by gunshot wounds. Five months later, a fifth worker died of his injuries.

The march was supported by the Unemployed Councils, a project of the Communist Party USA. It was followed by the Battle of the Overpass in 1937, and was an important part of a chain of events that resulted in the unionization of the Automotive industry in the United States.