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1974 Press Photo Nelson Jack Edwards UAW CBTU activist

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Caption: Nelson Jack Edwards, teh first black man to become a vice president of the UAW and a long time civil rights champion, was killed early Saturday morning by a stray bullet as he tried to break up an argument in an inner city bar, which was a UAW hangout. When police arrived, one customer handed them the gun and the gunman surrendered himself.

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