History of the United States II / Unit 9 USH2 1202 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Five-Dollar Day
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The idea
Ford paid his workers five dollars a day and set an eight-hour workday, shorter than most factories then required.
In practice
Ford paying White and Black workers equally, the anchor says.
Where people slip
Seeking those wages, many African Americans left the South for Detroit and other northern factory cities.
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