Marks, Wilbourne Alexander

Biography: 

(1919–2013), black worker in Portland, Ore.; reported to USES that when he sought position as burner at Boilermakers Union Local 72, was queried about his race, informed he could only be hired at Vancouver, Wash., shipyard. Born in Louisiana.

Birth: 
1919 January 7
Death: 
2013 September 2
Gender: 
Male