for an uneduted guy, it provided a goolife for me. >> and it was a similar story for tens of thousanf afcan-americans over the pa few years. drawn to the car plants. ford l the way are the first of the big threeo hire africaamericans on the same wages whites. >> we have wha we call here a blue collar middle-class, hh wages th enabled th to secure aome in the suburbs, tw cars, the boat, the cabin upnorth, and educing their children that was true f the black communy in particular. all right,uys. we can start our meeting now. >> jane granger and her sons may still have jobs, bu this is a very different industry. nationally, 20,000 black auto workerhave been eitr laid off or taken buouts. >> i was ver dappointed at losing the house. >>arrell is still i his hous butnot for much longer. he lost his job at general motors after 26 yars. his searcs pay, just $20,0. darrelis heading for california he needs a job and a place to live. it is aove he never imagined having to make. >> general motorwas t number one automaker in the world. who would have ants tated tt in 2009 they wod be bankru? i ne