As I walked along the river towards the ford, I thought about my forefathers.

我一边沿着河边朝浅滩走去，一边想我的祖先们。

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General Motors (GM), Ford and Chrysler made cars on both sides of the Detroit River, sending parts and vehicles back and forth at will.

通用、福特和克莱斯勒在底特律河两岸制造汽车，随心所欲地把零件和成车来回运送。

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This shallow ford made it possible for us to cross the river.

我们有可能从这片浅滩过河。

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But this is a wakeup call for us to realize that the old idea of the black father who works for the River Rouge Ford plant in Detroit - that was a good thing.

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His first stops were in Pennsylvania and Ohio, then Michigan, where he was allowed to photograph inside Ford's River Rouge plant in Dearborn.

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Times have changed since Henry Ford made the River Rouge complex in Dearborn, Michigan, into the ultimate in vertical integration, with iron ore going in one end and shiny Model A's coming out the other.

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