In 1937, a 23-year-old Flint woman stood between General Motors security, Flint police gunfire, and the workers fighting for their lives inside Fisher Body.
Her name was Genora Johnson Dollinger — and she did more than rally the Women’s Emergency Brigade.
She dodged bullets for the UAW and helped spark a labor uprising that reshaped the American middle class.
This episode begins with a cinematic reenactment of the Flint Sit-Down Strike and Genora’s electrifying moment on the picket line. From her kitchen-table organizing to the chaos outside the plants, Genora’s bravery becomes the doorway into a deeper story about labor, power, and the long shadow cast over America’s auto industry.
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