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Abstract | The Southern Oral History Program conducts and collects interviews with Southerners who have made significant contributions to various fields of human endeavor. In addition, the Program undertakes special projects with the purpose of rendering historically visible those whose experience is not reflected in traditional written sources. The Southern Oral History Program Collection, Series E: Labor contains interviews focused on the growth and development of organized labor in the American South from 1940 through the late twentieth century and explore labor movements in mills, mines, agriculture, and the food service industry |
Creator | Southern Oral History Program. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English. |
Finding aid for Series E created and encoded by Laura Hart in May 2017.
Back to TopThe following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.
Back to TopIn 1973, the History Department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill established an oral history program devoted to the study of the southern region of the United States.
The Southern Oral History Program collects interviews with Southerners who have made significant contributions to various fields of human endeavor. In addition, the Program undertakes special projects with the purpose of rendering historically visible those whose experience is not reflected in traditional written sources. Interviews are conducted by Program staff, graduate students, faculty members, and consultants. The Program also serves as a collecting agency, accepting donations of tapes and transcripts of interviews conducted by other researchers.
Back to TopInterviews focus on the growth and development of organized labor in the American South and explore labor movements in mills, mines, agriculture, and the food service industry. Themes include strikes, life in mill villages, anti-unionism, and the relationship between organized labor movements and civil rights and social justice movements.
ONLINE INTERVIEW DATABASE
Click here for the online, sortable list of oral history interviews in this series. Each interview is cataloged in the interview database with descriptive information about the interviewee and the contents of the interview. Transcriptions and audio recordings for many of the unrestricted interviews are available in this online database.
Back to TopInterviews, conducted by the staff of the SOHP, focus on the growth and development of organized labor in the southeast from 1940 to 1975. Respondents include leaders of textile unions in the southeast and contain much information on individual strikes, organizing tactics, problems within the unions, and difficulties with mill owners. Some respondents speak generally about life in mill villages. Many of the interviews deal with labor education because the interviewees had entered the labor movement after college through working in union labor education departments.
ONLINE INTERVIEW DATABASE
Click here for the online, sortable list of oral history interviews in this series. Each interview is cataloged in the interview database with descriptive information about the interviewee and the contents of the interview. Transcriptions and audio recordings for many of the unrestricted interviews are available in this online database.
David Burgess, white labor leader, with interviewers Jacquelyn Dowd Hall and William H. Finger. 25 September 1974
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John Russell Butler, white labor leader, with interviewer Sue Thrasher. 21 September 1973
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Clay East, white labor leader, with interviewer Sue Thrasher. 22 September 1973
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Julius Fry, white labor leader, with interviewer William R. Finger. 19 August 1974
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Joe Glazer, white labor leader, with interviewer Frances Tamburro. 1 August 1974
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Wilbur Hobby, white labor leader, with interviewer William R. Finger. 13 March 1975
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Myles Horton, white school administrator, with interviewer William R. Finger. 24 July 1975
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Myles Horton, white school administrator, with interviewer Mary Frederickson. 6 December 1974
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Scott Hoyman, white labor leader, with interviewers Carolyn Ashbaugh and Dan C. McCurry. 1973
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Scott Hoyman, white labor leader, with interviewer William R. Finger. 16 July 1974
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Joseph Pedigo, white labor leader, with interviewers William R. Finger and Jennie Pedigo. 2 April 1975
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Jennie Pedigo, white political activist, with interviewer William R. Finger. 2 April 1975
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Jim Pierce, American Indian labor leader, with interviewer William R. Finger. 20 March 1974
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Jim Pierce, American Indian labor leader, with interviewer William R. Finger. 17 May 1974
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Jim Pierce, American Indian labor leader, with interviewer William R. Finger. 16 July 1974
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Larry Rogin, white labor leader, with interviewer William R. Finger. 2 November 1975
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John Russell, white labor leader, with interviewer William R. Finger. 23 March 1974
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John Russell, white labor leader, with interviewer William R. Finger. 25 July 1974
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John Russell, white labor leader, with interviewer William R. Finger. 19 July 1975
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Don West, white labor leader, with interviewer Jacquelyn Dowd Hall. 21 January 1975
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Don West, white labor leader, with interviewer Jacquelyn Dowd Hall. 22 January 1975
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Lacy Wright, white labor leader, with interviewers Jacquelyn Dowd Hall and Ray Faherty. 10 March 1975
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Interviews, conducted by George William Hopkins for his dissertation The Miners for Democracy: Insurgency in the United Mine Workers of America, 1970-1972 (UNC Chapel Hill, 1976), focus United Mine Workers union in West Virginia between 1970 and 1972 and explore the union's internal problems and the issues that spurred the creation of the movement.
ONLINE INTERVIEW DATABASE
Click here for the online, sortable list of oral history interviews in this series. Each interview is cataloged in the interview database with descriptive information about the interviewee and the contents of the interview. Transcriptions and audio recordings for many of the unrestricted interviews are available in this online database.
Richard M. Bank, white labor leader, with interviewer George W. Hopkins. 8 August 1974
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Tom Bethell, labor union member, journalist, and political activist, with interviewer George W. Hopkins. 6 August 1974
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Ed James, white labor union member and political activist, with interviewer George W. Hopkins. 23 October 1974
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Arnold Miller, white labor leader and president of the United Mine Workers of America, with interviewer George W. Hopkins. 22 October 1974
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Harry Patrick, white labor leader, with interviewer George W. Hopkins. 8 August 1974
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Don Stillman, white labor leader, with interviewer George W. Hopkins. 8 August 1974
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Mike Trbovich, white labor leader, with interviewer George W. Hopkins. 6 August 1974
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Joseph "Chip" Yablonski, Jr., white miner and labor union member, with interviewer George W. Hopkins. 8 August 1974
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These interviews were conducted in a neighborhood in St. Louis, Mo., by Gary Ross Mormino for his dissertation The Hill Upon the City: An Italo-American Neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri, 1880-1955 (UNC Chapel Hill, 1977). Many are life histories that include information about the respondent's work, and thus reveal a wide range of community interests and activities.
ONLINE INTERVIEW DATABASE
Click here for the online, sortable list of oral history interviews in this series. Each interview is cataloged in the interview database with descriptive information about the interviewee and the contents of the interview. Transcriptions and audio recordings for many of the unrestricted interviews are available in this online database.
Lou Cavic, white factory worker and labor union member, with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 15 July 1973
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Roland DeGregorio, white postal worker, with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 28 August 1973
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Joann Arpiani with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 29 August 1973
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Louis Berra, Jr. with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 11 July 1973
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Louis Berra, Jr. with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 11 July 1973
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Paul Mario Berra with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 31 July 1973
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Greer Cavagnaro with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 5 September 1973
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Jasper Chiodini with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 13 September 1973
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Rose Cusumano with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 30 July 1973
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Edward Filipiak with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 14 August 1973
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Walter John Galus with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 8 August 1973
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Fred Giacoma with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 20 September 1973
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Jean Grasse and Mary Ronzio with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 9 July 1973
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Mary Greco with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 16 September 1973
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Louis Jean Gualdoni with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 13 August 1973
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James Johnston with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 14 August 1973
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Clement Mihanovich with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 3 August 1973
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Mario Montecalvo with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 10 September 1973
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Isidore Oldani and Charles Oldani with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 10 September 1973
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Anthony Palumbo with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 3 August 1973
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George "Happy" Peek with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 25 July 1973
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Mario Pertici with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 14 August 1973
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Carl Poelker with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 30 July 1973
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Sylvio Pucci, Jr. with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 30 August 1973
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Augustine Rocco with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 16 September 1973
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Mary Ronzio with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 9 July 1973
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Sam Russo with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 10 September 1973
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Hugo Schoessel with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 10 July 1973
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Julius Selvaggi with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 15 August 1973
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Interviews focus on the UNC Foodworkers' strikes against the UNC Food Service in February-March 1969 and against SAGA Food Service in November-December 1969. The respondents include food workers, members of the Black Student Movement, members of the Southern Student Organizing Committee, and other students, mediators, lawyers, faculty members, and university officials. The interviews establish the role of each respondent in the events and address issues of race, class, and gender that were raised by the strike. Other topics that are addressed include student protests in the 1960s, university-town relations, and the university's position in state government. These interviews focus on the University of North Carolina foodworkers' strikes against the University of North Carolina Food Service, February-March 1969, and against SAGA Food Service, November-December 1969. The participants in the strikes were primarily African American women, although many university groups ultimately became involved.
The individuals interviewed include foodworkers, members of the Black Student Movement, members of the Southern Student Organizing Committee, and other students, mediators, lawyers, faculty members, and university officials. The interviews establish the chronology and role of each participant and address the issues of class, race, and gender raised by the strikes. Other topics include student protests in the 1960s, university-town relations, and the university's position in state government. With one exception, these interviews were conducted by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students as part of their work in History 103 (The Theory and Practice of Oral History) in 1974-1975. The exception is a 1979 interview by Derek Williams for his master's thesis, "It Wasn't Slavery Time Anymore: Foodworkers' Strike at Chapel Hill, Spring, 1969" (UNC Chapel Hill, 1980).
ONLINE INTERVIEW DATABASE
Click here for the online, sortable list of oral history interviews in this series. Each interview is cataloged in the interview database with descriptive information about the interviewee and the contents of the interview. Transcriptions and audio recordings for many of the unrestricted interviews are available in this online database.
Arthur Beaumont, white law enforcement officer, with interviewer Derek Williams. 17 November 1974
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William Blake, white law enforcement officer, and Coy Durham with interviewer Derek Williams. 9 October 1974
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Scott Bradley, white community organizer and political activist, with interviewer Derek Williams. 30 October 1974
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Elizabeth Brooks, African American food service employee and political activist, with interviewer Beverly Washington Jones. 2 October 1974
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Elizabeth Brooks, African American food service employee and political activist, with interviewer Jacquelyn Dowd Hall. 14 November 1974
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Elizabeth Brooks, African American food service employee and political activist, with interviewer Derek Williams. 13 August 1979
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Frederic N. Cleaveland, white college professor, with interviewers William R. Finger and Steve Miller. 9 November 1974
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Ashley Davis, African American community organizer and political activist, with interviewer Russ Rymer. 12 April 1974
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Preston Dobbins, African American community organizer and political activist, with interviewer Jacquelyn Dowd Hall. 4 December 1974
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Bill Friday, white UNC System president, with interviewer D'Ann Campbell. 5 December 1974
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Buck Goldstein with interviewer Kathy Robertson. 17 April 1974
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Buck Goldstein with interviewer Jacquelyn Dowd Hall. 17 October 1974
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Mary Hamilton, white administrative assistant, with interviewer Mary Hamilton. 18 November 1974
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Charles Jeffress, white community organizer and political activist, with interviewer Kathy Robertson. 17 April 1974
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Larry Kessler, professor, with interviewer Steve Miller. 20 November 1974
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Henry Landsberger, white professor, with interviewer Steve Miller. 3 December 1974
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Alden Lind, professor, with interviewer Steve Miller. 8 October 1974
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Jean Luker with interviewer Derek Williams. 30 January 1975
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Verlie Moore with interviewer Beverly Washington Jones. 19 October 1974
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Freddie Parker, African American food service employee and political activist, with interviewer Beverly Washington Jones. 18 October 1974
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Wallace Peppers, African American student community organizer and political activist, with interviewer Joe Knight. 28 October 1974
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Daniel Pollitt, white law professor, with interviewer Derek Williams. 4 September 1975
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Anne Queen, white director of the Campus Y, with interviewer Lee Harris. 13 June 1974
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J. Carlyle Sitterson, white chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with interviewer D'Ann Campbell. 10 December 1974
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Mary Smith, African American food service employee and political activist, with interviewer Valerie Quinney. 10 April 1974
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Mary Smith, African American food service employee and political activist, with interviewer Beverly Washington Jones. 9 October 1974
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Adam Stein, white attorney, with interviewer Derek Williams. 27 November 1974
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Daniel Young with interviewer Steve Miller. 1 December 1974
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William Blake, white law enforcement officer, with interviewer Steve Miller. 21 February 1975
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Elizabeth Brooks, African American food service employee and political activist, with interviewer Beverly Washington Jones. 29 March 1975
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James Gaskin with interviewer Steve Miller. 21 February 1975
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Howard Lee, African American mayor of Chapel Hill, N.C., with interviewer Steve Miller. 28 May 1975
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Verlie Moore with interviewer Beverly Washington Jones. 9 February 1975
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Freddie Parker, African American food service employee and political activist, with interviewer Beverly Washington Jones. 17 April 1975
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Sarah Parker, African American food service employee and political activist, with interviewer Beverly Washington Jones. 29 March 1975
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Anne Queen, white director of the Campus Y, with interviewer Steve Miller. 24 March 1975
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J. Carlyle Sitterson, white chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and William C. Friday, white president of the UNC System, with interviewer Steve Miller. 20 March 1975
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Mary Smith, African American food service employee and political activist, with interviewer Beverly Washington Jones. 8 February 1975
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These interviews were conducted by Robert Rodgers Korstad, Lisa Hazirjian, Karl Korstad, and Lane Windham between 1976 and 1998. For the most part, the interviewees are people who were employed by the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (RJR) in Winston-Salem, N.C., in the first half of the 20th century, especially during the 1940s. Many of the RJR employees were organizers, leaders, or members of the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers of America (FTA) Local 22. Other interviewees are employees who were not involved in Local 22 and who may have opposed the union. Also interviewed are RJR officials and FTA organizers who were not RJR employees, but who worked with Local 22 during the 1940s. There is a special focus on the work stoppages and strikes of 1943 and 1947. The purpose of this series of interviews was to understand the organization and actions of Winston-Salem's FTA Local 22; the living conditions in the African American community in Winston-Salem in the early 1900s through the 1940s; and the role played by the Communist Party in local events during this time. Interviews conducted by Lane Windham focus on FTA Local 10 in Greenville, N.C. Local 22 leaders and organizers were heavily involved in the organization of Local 10. These interviews were used in the following works:
ONLINE INTERVIEW DATABASE
Click here for the online, sortable list of oral history interviews in this series. Each interview is cataloged in the interview database with descriptive information about the interviewee and the contents of the interview. Transcriptions and audio recordings for many of the unrestricted interviews are available in this online database.
Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 1 June 1976
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Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 28 December 1976
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Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 7 October 1977
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Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 1 May 1978
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Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 8 April 1979
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Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 3 August 1981
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Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewers Robert Rodgers Korstad and Gary Lyons. August 1976
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Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 4 March 1985
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Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewers Robert Rodgers Korstad and . 13 May 1987
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Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewers Robert Rodgers Korstad and Chuck Eppinette. July 1976
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Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 19 July 1988
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Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 21 July 1988
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Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewers Karl Korstad and Lane Windham. April 1976
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Wardell Boulware, African American factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 16 June 1983
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Lucy Bowles, African American factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 26 July 1990
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Mary Brice, African American teacher and social worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 1 July 1985
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Viola Brown, African American factory worker, with interviewers Robert Rodgers Korstad and Chuck Eppinette. Undated 1976
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Joseph Califf, African American civil servant, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 24 August 1996
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Nettie Mae Carter, African American factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 16 July 1984
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Chester Davis, white journalist and public officer, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 5 May 1998
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Leon Edwards, factory worker, with interviewers Robert Rodgers Korstad and Chuck Eppinette. January 1976
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Leon Edwards, factory worker, with interviewers Robert Rodgers Korstad and Chuck Eppinette. 23 January 1976
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Elizabeth Eudy, labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 1 November 1987
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Elizabeth Eudy, labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 1 June 1988
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Blanche Fishel, factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 13 August 1993
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Mary Lou Ford, labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 21 March 1991
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Bernard Friedland, Junius Scales, and Karl Korstad with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 14 April 1986
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Jack Frye, labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Lane Windham. 16 October 1981
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Frank Green, white labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Lisa Gayle Hazirjian. 17 June 1992
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Willie Grier, African American factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 3 June 1909
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Evelyn Hairston, African American domestic worker and factory worker with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 1 May 1978
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Heafner D. Yates, white teacher and mediator, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 17 July 1984
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Heafner D. Yates, white teacher and mediator, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 6 March 1985
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Baxter Holman, African American factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 11 June 1984
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Robert "Chick" Black and Velma Hopkins with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 5 March 1985
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Ernest Timwood Isley, white factory worker and factory supervisor, with interviewer Lisa Gayle Hazirjian. 13 June 1992
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Alice Burke Jarvis, white factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 25 April 1998
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Hobart Johnson, white factory worker and factory supervisor, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 1 July 1990
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Hazel Harrington Jones, African American domestic worker and factory worker with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 1 June 1984
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Ruby Jones, African American factory worker and secretary, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 28 December 1976
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Ruby Jones, African American factory worker and secretary, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 2 October 1977
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Phillip Koritz, Labor leaders; Factory workers with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 3 January 1989
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Karl Korstad, white labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 25 August 1987
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Karl Korstad, white labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 14 December 1980
Digital Folder E-0135 |
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Annie Little, African American labor leader, factory worker, and food service employee, with interviewer Lane Windham. 17 May 1990
Digital Folder E-0136 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Annie Little, African American labor leader, factory worker, and food service employee, with interviewer Lane Windham. 15 October 1990
Digital Folder E-0137 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Ellen Hauser Marsh, factory worker, with interviewer Lisa Gayle Hazirjian. 17 June 1993
Digital Folder E-0138 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Separated Folder SEP-4007E/20 |
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Access restriction: Interview is closed.
Anne Matthews, labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 7 January 1987
Digital Folder E-0139 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Separated Folder SEP-4007E/3 |
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Edwin McCrea, white labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Chuck Eppinette. 23 July 1988
Digital Folder E-0140 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Beatrice McCrea, white labor leader and factory worker, with interview Chuck Eppinette. 23 July 1988
Digital Folder E-0141 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
William McGirt, white labor union member with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 13 and 1995
Digital Folder E-0142 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
James McKensie, salesperson, factory worker, and factory supervisor, with interviewer Lisa Gayle Hazirjian. 10 June 1992
Digital Folder E-0143 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Evelyn Nesbitt, factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 13 July 1983
Digital Folder E-0144 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Separated Folder SEP-4007E/21 |
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Lonnie Nesmith, labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Lane Windham. Undated
Digital Folder E-0145 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Frank O'Neil, African American clergy member and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 28 November 1979
Digital Folder E-0146 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Robert "Chick" Black, Theodosia Simpson Phelps, and Karl Korstad with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. Undated
Digital Folder E-0147 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Theodosia Simpson Phelps, African American labor leader and factory worker, with interviewers Robert Rodgers Korstad and Karl Korstad. circa 1978-1979
Digital Folder E-0148 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Theodosia Simpson Phelps, African American labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. circa 1884-1985
Digital Folder E-0149 |
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Theodosia Simpson Phelps, African American labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 17 April 1979
Digital Folder E-0150 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Theodosia Simpson Phelps, African American labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 19 April 1979
Digital Folder E-0151 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Separated Folder SEP-4007E/22 |
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Inez Prevard, African American domestic worker and factory worker with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 17 July 1984
Digital Folder E-0152 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Luther Ranson, Factory workers;Military personnel with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 17 July 1990
Digital Folder E-0153 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Sidney Royal, Cleaning personnel;Factory workers;Maintenance workers with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 14 June 1983
Digital Folder E-0154 |
Digitized audio |
Lee Salmons, member of the military, factory worker, and factory supervisor. with interviewer Lisa Gayle Hazirjian. 2 June 1992
Digital Folder E-0155 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Junius Irving Scales, white communist political activist, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 2 May 1987
Digital Folder E-0156 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Charles E. Scott, Jr., factory worker, with interviewer Lisa Gayle Hazirjian. 8 June 1992
Digital Folder E-0157 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Cornelius Simmons, labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Lane Windham. 2 September 1990
Digital Folder E-0158 |
Digitized audio |
Louise Smith, domestic worker and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 26 June 1984
Digital Folder E-0159 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Jack Spears, factory worker and factory supervisor, with interviewer Lisa Gayle Hazirjian. 5 June 1992
Digital Folder E-0160 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Etta Stevenson, African American factory worker and homemaker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 17 July 1984
Digital Folder E-0161 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Jim Stine, factory worker and factory supervisor, with interviewer Lisa Gayle Hazirjian. 5 June 1992
Digital Folder E-0162 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Katherine Stine, salesperson and homemaker, with interviewer Lisa Gayle Hazirjian. 8 June 1992
Digital Folder E-0163 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Sylvia Thompson with interviewers Jacquelyn Dowd Hall and Robert Rodgers Korstad. May 1976
Digital Folder E-0164 |
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Ernest Leylon Tilley, white factory worker, with interviewer Lisa Gayle Hazirjian. 10 June 1992
Digital Folder E-0165 |
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Charles B. Wade, factory worker and factory supervisor, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 14 November 1983
Digital Folder E-0166 |
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Separated Folder SEP-4007E/23 |
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Rebecca Williams, factory worker and food service employee, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 27 June 1984
Digital Folder E-0167 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Warren Williams with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 15 March 1996
Digital Folder E-0168 |
Digitized audio |
Marie Jackson Winston, African American agricultural laborer and labor leader, with interviewer Lane Windham. 27 September 1990
Digital Folder E-0169 |
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Diane Wright, health services administrator and public officer, with interviewer Lane Windham. 27 September 1990
Digital Folder E-0170 |
Digitized audio |
Interviews conducted by University of Washington at Tacoma professor and author Michael K. Honey between 1981 and 1998 as part of his research on southern labor and civil rights. This project focuses on the close relationship between labor organizing and the civil rights movement in Memphis, Tenn., and elsewhere in the South from the 1930s through the 1970s and 1980s. Many interviewees, black and white, were workers, organizers, and rank and file union members at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Plant in Memphis, Tenn.; others, especially Myles Horton (E-0177) had close ties to the Highlander Folk School in Monteagle, Tenn. Among other interviewees are life-long social justice and labor activists such as Hosea Hudson (E-0178). Topics include race relations at the Firestone plant before and after integration, red-baiting and other challenges unique to organizing in the South, women's experiences in industrial work and labor organizing, and occupational hazards at the Firestone plant. These interviews were used in the following works:
Some interviews include Mike Honey's notes and partial transcripts. The quality of these documents may be poor because of file conversion from older word processing formats.
ONLINE INTERVIEW DATABASE
Click here for the online, sortable list of oral history interviews in this series. Each interview is cataloged in the interview database with descriptive information about the interviewee and the contents of the interview. Transcriptions and audio recordings for many of the unrestricted interviews are available in this online database.
Evelyn Bates, African American factory worker and food service employee, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 16 May 1989
Digital Folder E-0171 |
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Alzada Clark, African American community organizer, factory worker, and labor union member, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 24 May 1989
Digital Folder E-0172 |
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Leroy Clark, African American labor leader, labor union member, factory worker, and social justice activist, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 27 March 1983
Digital Folder E-0173 |
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Clarence Coe, African American labor union member and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 28 May 1989
Digital Folder E-0174 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
H. B. Griffin, white labor union member and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 1 November 1984
Digital Folder E-0175 |
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George Holloway, African American factory worker and labor leader, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 23 March 1990
Digital Folder E-0176 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Myles Horton, white school administrator, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 1 June 1981
Digital Folder E-0177 |
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Hosea Hudson, African American labor leader, labor union member, and communist, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 19 May 1985
Digital Folder E-0178 |
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George Isabell, African American labor union member, factory worker, and electrician, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 10 February 1983
Digital Folder E-0179 |
Administrative information
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Karl Korstad, white labor leader, labor union member, and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 20 May 1981
Digital Folder E-0180 |
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Access restriction: Interview is closed.
Ida Leachman, African American farmer, homemaker, and service industry employee, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 9 April 1996
Digital Folder E-0181 |
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Access restriction: Interview is closed.
Ida Leachman, African American farmer, homemaker, and service industry employee, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 22 May 1997
Digital Folder E-0182 |
Administrative information
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Edward Lindsey, African American labor union member and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 27 May 1989
Digital Folder E-0183 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Rebecca McKinley, African American labor union member and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 1 November 1984
Digital Folder E-0184 |
Administrative information
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Rebecca McKinley, African American labor union member and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 27 March 1983
Digital Folder E-0185 |
Administrative information
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Daniel Augustus Powell, white labor leader, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 1 February 1983
Digital Folder E-0186 |
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Hillie Pride, white labor union member and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 26 May 1989
Digital Folder E-0187 |
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Richard Routon, white labor leader, labor union member, and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 18 February 1983
Digital Folder E-0188 |
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Lonnie Roland, African American labor union member and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 1 November 1984
Digital Folder E-0189 |
Digitized audio |
Susie Wade, African American farmer, teacher, cleaning person, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 27 May 1989
Digital Folder E-0190 |
Digitized audio |
Leroy Boyd, African American labor union member and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 6 February 1983
Digital Folder E-0191 |
Digitized audio |
Leroy Boyd, African American labor union member and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 25 May 1989
Digital Folder E-0192 |
Administrative information
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Irene Branch, African American labor union member and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 25 May 1989
Digital Folder E-0193 |
Digitized transcript
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Matthew R. Davis and Edward Harrell, African American factory workers and labor union members, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 30 October 1984
Digital Folder E-0194 |
Digitized transcript
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George King, African American labor union member and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 26 May 1989
Digital Folder E-0195 |
Digitized transcript
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Access restriction: Interview is closed.
William Lucy, African American labor leader and trade union activist with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 1 April 1993
Digital Folder E-0196 |
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Edwin McCrea and Beatrice McCrea, white labor leader, factory worker, and communist, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 16 October 1982
Digital Folder E-0197 |
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Edwin McCrea and Beatrice McCrea, white labor leader, factory worker, and communist, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 6 March 1983
Digital Folder E-0198 |
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Edwin McCrea, white labor leader, factory worker, and communist, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 25 May 1989
Digital Folder E-0199 |
Administrative information
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Danny Davis, Edward Harrell, James Mitchell, and Robert E. Matthews, African American factory workers and labor union members, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 26 May 1989
Digital Folder E-0200 |
Administrative information
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James Robinson, African American labor leader and sanitation worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 10 April 1996
Digital Folder E-0201 |
Administrative information
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Robert Tillman, white attorney, judge, and labor leader, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 26 February 1983
Digital Folder E-0202 |
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Robert Tillman, white attorney, judge, and labor leader, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 24 March 1985
Digital Folder E-0203 |
Digitized transcript
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Clara Vincent, white political activist, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 4 January 1983
Digital Folder E-0204 |
Administrative information
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George Clark, white labor leader and labor union member with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 30 October 1984
Digital Folder E-0205 |
Digitized transcript
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Access restriction: Interview is closed.
Dorothy Crook, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 1 April 1998
Digital Folder E-0206 |
Administrative information
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Forrest M. Dickerson, white businessperson, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 1983
Digital Folder E-0207 |
Digitized transcript
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