Bronchitis & REO

So I am bummed, I missed class today thanks to having both bronchitis and a sinus infection. Bummer! I actually was out camping in the Manistee National Park over the weekend and while it was great, it definitely didn't help my being sick.

I am still working though my research. Currently I am reading a primary resource written by the secretary of the NAACP on the race relations in Detroit during WWII. I really like it so far, it has a lot of information, but is clearly biased. I think that this is a great source though!

I hope I didn't miss TOO much in discussion today, and I will also be missing Wednesday because I will be out of town. So I am hoping I can find a way to get an idea of what the discussion over REO Joe was about this week!

A personal note about REO:
It turns out my Great Grandpa who passed away before I was born was actually at Union Local President at at REO. He was also present at the MLK "I have a Dream" speech. So I am going to talk to my grandmother for some more insight about his role at REO. I actually realized this because my mom saw the book and asked if she could read it. When I asked her why she would want to read "REO Joe"? That's when she brought up my great grandpa, so I am pretty excited to have a resource that is so closely related to my family to use as a supplementary resource along with the reading.

I will be posting throughout the week/weekend, but I won't be in class until I get back into MI. So I will see you all in class next week!