Abstract: Sound recording digitized from audiocassette of an interview with Clarence W. Sinkfield by Hugh L. Gordon and Randall Patton, Professor of History at Kennesaw State University. Sinkfield discusses his childhood in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Atlanta and his education from elementary school to his graduation from Hampton University in 1963. Hired at the Marietta location of Lockheed as an assembly helper in 1965, Mr. Sinkfield talks about the informal integration of the production line at the plant, racial inequalities, and his promotion to supervisor of the aft section of the C-141 in 1969. He was also named a plaintiff in the class action lawsuit, Reid v. Lockheed Martin Company, in 1999. The suit claimed racial discrimination in the promotion of employees to management. Sinkfield retired from Lockheed in 2000 as an assistant manager.
There appears to be a third, unidentified person interviewing Mr. Sinkfield.
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-03-10
Language: en
Type: article
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