Best Known For Jimmy Hoffa was became a labor organizer in the
1930s, rising in the Teamsters Union during the next two decades
until he reached the office of president. Think you know about
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players.Play Now Jimmy Hoffa was born February 14, 1913, in
Brazil, Indiana. He became a labor organizer in the 1930s,
rising in the Teamsters Union during the next two decades. He
played a key role in forging the first national freight-hauling
agreement. He was sent to prison in 1967 for jury tampering,
fraud, and conspiracy. In 1975 he disappeared; he is believed to
have been murdered. Still missing and presumed dead, Jimmy Hoffa
was one of the most famous labor leaders in American history. He
saw the challenges and hardships American workers faced
firsthand growing up. His father was a coal miner who died when
he was still young. His mother went to work to support Hoffa and
his three siblings, eventually moving the family to Detroit.
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