Walter P. Reuther

Historical marker location:

Atlantic City, New Jersey

( Marker is on Boardwalk just west of South Mississippi Avenue, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2002

President, United Auto Workers Union (UAW) - 1946-1970. The Road to Equality Runs Through Atlantic City.

In 1933, New Jersey became the first state in the United States to pass a law allowing drivers to make a right turn on a red light, under certain conditions.