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Collection Number: 04007E

Collection Title: Southern Oral History Program Collection, Series E: Labor 1973-2000

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Size 213 interviews
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.
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Restrictions to Access
Some interviews are closed as noted.
Restrictions to Use
The Southern Oral History Program (SOHP) welcomes non-commercial use and access that qualifies as fair use as stipulated by U.S. Copyright law to all unrestricted interview materials in the collection. The researcher must cite and give proper credit to the SOHP. The SOHP requests that the researcher informs the SOHP as to how and where they are using the material. Please use the online form available on the SOHP site to request permission and inform the SOHP of your use.
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Interview with [interviewee name] by [interviewer name], [interview date][interview number], in the Southern Oral History Program Collection, Series E: Labor (04007E), Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Example: Interview with Ruby Jones by Robert Rodgers Korstad, 28 December 1976 (E-0131), in the Southern Oral History Program Collection, Series E: Labor(04007E), Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Provenance
Transferred from the Southern Oral History Program beginning in the 1970s.
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Database: A searchable database of all Southern Oral History Program interviews is available at http://www.lib.unc.edu/dc/sohp/. Patrons may keyword search the database by: (1) Abstract; (2) Transcript; (3) Interviewee name; (4) Interviewer name; (5) Interview number; or (6) Subject term. Patrons may browse the database by: (1) Interviewee name; (2) Interviewer name; (3) Interviewee occupation; (4) Interviewee ethnicity; or (5) Project.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Finding aid for Series E created and encoded by Laura Hart in May 2017.

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In 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.

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Interviews 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.

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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.

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse E.1. Labor: History, 1973-1975.

22 interviews.

Interviews, 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.

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E-0001 Interview with David Burgess, 1974

David Burgess, white labor leader, with interviewers Jacquelyn Dowd Hall and William H. Finger. 25 September 1974

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E-0002 Interview with John Russell Butler, 1973

John Russell Butler, white labor leader, with interviewer Sue Thrasher. 21 September 1973

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E-0003 Interview with Clay East, 1973

Clay East, white labor leader, with interviewer Sue Thrasher. 22 September 1973

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E-0004 Interview with Julius Fry, 1974

Julius Fry, white labor leader, with interviewer William R. Finger. 19 August 1974

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E-0005 Interview with Joe Glazer, 1974

Joe Glazer, white labor leader, with interviewer Frances Tamburro. 1 August 1974

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E-0006 Interview with Wilbur Hobby, 1975

Wilbur Hobby, white labor leader, with interviewer William R. Finger. 13 March 1975

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E-0007 Interview with Myles Horton, 1975

Myles Horton, white school administrator, with interviewer William R. Finger. 24 July 1975

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E-0008 Interview with Myles Horton, 1974

Myles Horton, white school administrator, with interviewer Mary Frederickson. 6 December 1974

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E-0009 Interview with Scott Hoyman, 1973

Scott Hoyman, white labor leader, with interviewers Carolyn Ashbaugh and Dan C. McCurry. 1973

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E-0010 Interview with Scott Hoyman, 1974

Scott Hoyman, white labor leader, with interviewer William R. Finger. 16 July 1974

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E-0011-001 Interview with Joseph Pedigo, 1975

Joseph Pedigo, white labor leader, with interviewers William R. Finger and Jennie Pedigo. 2 April 1975

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E-0011-002 Interview with Jennie Pedigo, 1975

Jennie Pedigo, white political activist, with interviewer William R. Finger. 2 April 1975

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E-0012-001 Interview with Jim Pierce, 1974

Jim Pierce, American Indian labor leader, with interviewer William R. Finger. 20 March 1974

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E-0012-002 Interview with Jim Pierce, 1974

Jim Pierce, American Indian labor leader, with interviewer William R. Finger. 17 May 1974

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E-0012-003 Interview with Jim Pierce, 1974

Jim Pierce, American Indian labor leader, with interviewer William R. Finger. 16 July 1974

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E-0013 Interview with Larry Rogin, 1975

Larry Rogin, white labor leader, with interviewer William R. Finger. 2 November 1975

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E-0014-001 Interview with John Russell, 1974

John Russell, white labor leader, with interviewer William R. Finger. 23 March 1974

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E-0014-002 Interview with John Russell, 1974

John Russell, white labor leader, with interviewer William R. Finger. 25 July 1974

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E-0014-003 Interview with John Russell, 1975

John Russell, white labor leader, with interviewer William R. Finger. 19 July 1975

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E-0015 Interview with Don West, 1975

Don West, white labor leader, with interviewer Jacquelyn Dowd Hall. 21 January 1975

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E-0016 Interview with Don West, 1975

Don West, white labor leader, with interviewer Jacquelyn Dowd Hall. 22 January 1975

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E-0017 Interview with Lacy Wright, 1975

Lacy Wright, white labor leader, with interviewers Jacquelyn Dowd Hall and Ray Faherty. 10 March 1975

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8 interviews.

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.

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E-0018 Interview with Richard M. Bank, 1974

Richard M. Bank, white labor leader, with interviewer George W. Hopkins. 8 August 1974

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E-0019 Interview with Tom Bethell, 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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E-0020 Interview with Ed James, 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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E-0021 Interview with Arnold Miller, 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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E-0022 Interview with Harry Patrick, 1974

Harry Patrick, white labor leader, with interviewer George W. Hopkins. 8 August 1974

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E-0023 Interview with Don Stillman, 1974

Don Stillman, white labor leader, with interviewer George W. Hopkins. 8 August 1974

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E-0024 Interview with Mike Trbovich, 1974

Mike Trbovich, white labor leader, with interviewer George W. Hopkins. 6 August 1974

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E-0025 Interview with Joseph "Chip" Yablonski, Jr., 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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expand/collapse Expand/collapse E.3. Labor: Italo-American Community Project, 1973.

29 interviews.

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.

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E-0026 Interview with Lou Cavic, 1973

Lou Cavic, white factory worker and labor union member, with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 15 July 1973

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E-0027 Interview with Roland DeGregorio, 1973

Roland DeGregorio, white postal worker, with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 28 August 1973

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E-0028 Interview with Joann Arpiani, 1973

Joann Arpiani with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 29 August 1973

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E-0029 Interview with Louis Berra, Jr., 1973

Louis Berra, Jr. with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 11 July 1973

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E-0030 Interview with Louis Berra, Jr., 1973

Louis Berra, Jr. with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 11 July 1973

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E-0031 Interview with Paul Mario Berra, 1973

Paul Mario Berra with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 31 July 1973

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E-0032 Interview with Greer Cavagnaro, 1973

Greer Cavagnaro with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 5 September 1973

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E-0033 Interview with Jasper Chiodini, 1973

Jasper Chiodini with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 13 September 1973

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E-0034 Interview with Rose Cusumano, 1973

Rose Cusumano with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 30 July 1973

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E-0035 Interview with Edward Filipiak, 1973

Edward Filipiak with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 14 August 1973

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E-0036 Interview with Walter John Galus, 1973

Walter John Galus with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 8 August 1973

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E-0037 Interview with Fred Giacoma, 1973

Fred Giacoma with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 20 September 1973

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E-0038 Interview with Jean Grasse and Mary Ronzio, 1973

Jean Grasse and Mary Ronzio with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 9 July 1973

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E-0039 Interview with Mary Greco, 1973

Mary Greco with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 16 September 1973

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E-0040 Interview with Louis Jean Gualdoni, 1973

Louis Jean Gualdoni with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 13 August 1973

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E-0041 Interview with James Johnston, 1973

James Johnston with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 14 August 1973

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E-0042 Interview with Clement Mihanovich, 1973

Clement Mihanovich with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 3 August 1973

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E-0043 Interview with Mario Montecalvo, 1973

Mario Montecalvo with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 10 September 1973

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E-0044 Interview with Isidore Oldani and Charles Oldani, 1973

Isidore Oldani and Charles Oldani with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 10 September 1973

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E-0045 Interview with Anthony Palumbo, 1973

Anthony Palumbo with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 3 August 1973

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E-0046 Interview with George "Happy" Peek, 1973

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George "Happy" Peek with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 25 July 1973

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E-0047 Interview with Mario Pertici, 1973

Mario Pertici with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 14 August 1973

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E-0048 Interview with Carl Poelker, 1973

Carl Poelker with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 30 July 1973

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E-0049 Interview with Sylvio Pucci, Jr., 1973

Sylvio Pucci, Jr. with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 30 August 1973

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E-0050 Interview with Augustine Rocco, 1973

Augustine Rocco with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 16 September 1973

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E-0051 Interview with Mary Ronzio, 1973

Mary Ronzio with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 9 July 1973

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E-0052 Interview with Sam Russo, 1973

Sam Russo with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 10 September 1973

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E-0053 Interview with Hugo Schoessel, 1973

Hugo Schoessel with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 10 July 1973

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E-0054 Interview with Julius Selvaggi, 1973

Julius Selvaggi with interviewer Gary Ross Mormino. 15 August 1973

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38 interviews.

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).

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E-0055 Interview with Arthur Beaumont, 1974

Arthur Beaumont, white law enforcement officer, with interviewer Derek Williams. 17 November 1974

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E-0056 Interview with William Blake and Coy Durham, 1974

William Blake, white law enforcement officer, and Coy Durham with interviewer Derek Williams. 9 October 1974

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E-0057 Interview with Scott Bradley, 1974

Scott Bradley, white community organizer and political activist, with interviewer Derek Williams. 30 October 1974

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E-0058 Interview with Elizabeth Brooks, 1974

Elizabeth Brooks, African American food service employee and political activist, with interviewer Beverly Washington Jones. 2 October 1974

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E-0059 Interview with Elizabeth Brooks, 1974

Elizabeth Brooks, African American food service employee and political activist, with interviewer Jacquelyn Dowd Hall. 14 November 1974

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E-0060 Interview with Elizabeth Brooks, 1979

Elizabeth Brooks, African American food service employee and political activist, with interviewer Derek Williams. 13 August 1979

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E-0061 Interview with Frederic N. Cleaveland, 1974

Frederic N. Cleaveland, white college professor, with interviewers William R. Finger and Steve Miller. 9 November 1974

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E-0062 Interview with Ashley Davis, 1974

Ashley Davis, African American community organizer and political activist, with interviewer Russ Rymer. 12 April 1974

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E-0063 Interview with Preston Dobbins, 1974

Preston Dobbins, African American community organizer and political activist, with interviewer Jacquelyn Dowd Hall. 4 December 1974

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E-0064 Interview with Bill Friday, 1974

Bill Friday, white UNC System president, with interviewer D'Ann Campbell. 5 December 1974

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E-0065 Interview with Buck Goldstein, 1974

Buck Goldstein with interviewer Kathy Robertson. 17 April 1974

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E-0066 Interview with Buck Goldstein, 1974

Buck Goldstein with interviewer Jacquelyn Dowd Hall. 17 October 1974

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E-0067 Interview with Mary Hamilton, 1974

Mary Hamilton, white administrative assistant, with interviewer Mary Hamilton. 18 November 1974

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E-0068 Interview with Charles Jeffress, 1974

Charles Jeffress, white community organizer and political activist, with interviewer Kathy Robertson. 17 April 1974

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E-0069 Interview with Larry Kessler, 1974

Larry Kessler, professor, with interviewer Steve Miller. 20 November 1974

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E-0070 Interview with Henry Landsberger, 1974

Henry Landsberger, white professor, with interviewer Steve Miller. 3 December 1974

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E-0071 Interview with Alden Lind, 1974

Alden Lind, professor, with interviewer Steve Miller. 8 October 1974

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E-0072 Interview with Jean Luker, 1975

Jean Luker with interviewer Derek Williams. 30 January 1975

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E-0073 Interview with Verlie Moore, 1974

Verlie Moore with interviewer Beverly Washington Jones. 19 October 1974

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E-0074 Interview with Freddie Parker, 1974

Freddie Parker, African American food service employee and political activist, with interviewer Beverly Washington Jones. 18 October 1974

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E-0075 Interview with Wallace Peppers, 1974

Wallace Peppers, African American student community organizer and political activist, with interviewer Joe Knight. 28 October 1974

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E-0076 Interview with Daniel Pollitt, 1975

Daniel Pollitt, white law professor, with interviewer Derek Williams. 4 September 1975

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E-0077 Interview with Anne Queen, 1974

Anne Queen, white director of the Campus Y, with interviewer Lee Harris. 13 June 1974

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E-0078 Interview with J. Carlyle Sitterson, 1974

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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E-0079 Interview with Mary Smith, 1974

Mary Smith, African American food service employee and political activist, with interviewer Valerie Quinney. 10 April 1974

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E-0080 Interview with Mary Smith, 1974

Mary Smith, African American food service employee and political activist, with interviewer Beverly Washington Jones. 9 October 1974

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E-0081 Interview with Adam Stein, 1974

Adam Stein, white attorney, with interviewer Derek Williams. 27 November 1974

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E-0082 Interview with Daniel Young, 1974

Daniel Young with interviewer Steve Miller. 1 December 1974

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E-0083 Interview with William Blake, 1975

William Blake, white law enforcement officer, with interviewer Steve Miller. 21 February 1975

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E-0084 Interview with Elizabeth Brooks, 1975

Elizabeth Brooks, African American food service employee and political activist, with interviewer Beverly Washington Jones. 29 March 1975

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E-0085 Interview with James Gaskin, 1975

James Gaskin with interviewer Steve Miller. 21 February 1975

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E-0086 Interview with Howard Lee, 1975

Howard Lee, African American mayor of Chapel Hill, N.C., with interviewer Steve Miller. 28 May 1975

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E-0087 Interview with Verlie Moore, 1975

Verlie Moore with interviewer Beverly Washington Jones. 9 February 1975

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E-0088 Interview with Freddie Parker, 1975

Freddie Parker, African American food service employee and political activist, with interviewer Beverly Washington Jones. 17 April 1975

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E-0089 Interview with Sarah Parker, 1975

Sarah Parker, African American food service employee and political activist, with interviewer Beverly Washington Jones. 29 March 1975

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E-0090 Interview with Anne Queen, 1975

Anne Queen, white director of the Campus Y, with interviewer Steve Miller. 24 March 1975

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E-0091 Interview with J. Carlyle Sitterson and Bill Friday, 1975

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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E-0092 Interview with Mary Smith, 1975

Mary Smith, African American food service employee and political activist, with interviewer Beverly Washington Jones. 8 February 1975

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse E.5. Labor: Civil Rights Unionism, 1976-2000.

79 interviews.

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:

  • Griffin, Larry J. and Robert Korstad, "Class as Race and Gender: Making and Breaking a Labor Union in the Jim Crow South," Social Science History 19 (Winter 1995): 425-454.
  • Korstad, Robert, Daybreak of Freedom: Tobacco Workers and the CIO, Winston-Salem, N.C. 1943-1950, (Ph.D. dissertation, UNC Chapel Hill, 1987).
  • Korstad, Robert and Nelson Lichtenstein, "Opportunities Found and Lost: Labor, Radicals, and the Early Civil Rights Movement," Journal of American History 75 (December 1988): 786-811.
  • Korstad, Robert Rodgers, Civil Rights Unionism: Tobacco Workers and the Struggle for Democracy in the Mid-Twentieth-Century South (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2003).
  • Windham, Lane, "Greenhands, A History of Local 10 of the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Workers of America in Greenville, N.C. 1946" (honors thesis, Duke University, 1991).

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E-0093 Interview with Robert "Chick" Black, 1976

Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 1 June 1976

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E-0094 Interview with Robert "Chick" Black, 1976

Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 28 December 1976

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E-0095 Interview with Robert "Chick" Black, 1977

Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 7 October 1977

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E-0096 Interview with Robert "Chick" Black, 1978

Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 1 May 1978

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E-0097 Interview with Robert "Chick" Black, 1979

Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 8 April 1979

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E-0098 Interview with Robert "Chick" Black, 1981

Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 3 August 1981

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E-0099 Interview with Robert "Chick" Black, 1976

Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewers Robert Rodgers Korstad and Gary Lyons. August 1976

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E-0100 Interview with Robert "Chick" Black, 1985

Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 4 March 1985

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E-0101 Interview with Robert "Chick" Black, 1987

Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewers Robert Rodgers Korstad and . 13 May 1987

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E-0102 Interview with Robert "Chick" Black, 1976

Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewers Robert Rodgers Korstad and Chuck Eppinette. July 1976

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E-0103 Interview with Robert "Chick" Black, 1988

Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 19 July 1988

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E-0104 Interview with Robert "Chick" Black, 1988

Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 21 July 1988

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E-0105 Interview with Robert "Chick" Black, 1976

Robert "Chick" Black, African American political activist and factory worker, with interviewers Karl Korstad and Lane Windham. April 1976

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E-0106 Interview with Wardell Boulware, 1983

Wardell Boulware, African American factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 16 June 1983

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E-0107 Interview with Lucy Bowles, 1990

Lucy Bowles, African American factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 26 July 1990

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E-0108 Interview with Mary Brice, 1985

Mary Brice, African American teacher and social worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 1 July 1985

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E-0109 Interview with Viola Brown, 1976

Viola Brown, African American factory worker, with interviewers Robert Rodgers Korstad and Chuck Eppinette. Undated 1976

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E-0110 Interview with Joseph Califf, 1996

Joseph Califf, African American civil servant, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 24 August 1996

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E-0111 Interview with Nettie Mae Carter, 1984

Nettie Mae Carter, African American factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 16 July 1984

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E-0112 Interview with Chester Davis, 1998

Chester Davis, white journalist and public officer, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 5 May 1998

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E-0113-001 Interview with Leon Edwards, 1976

Leon Edwards, factory worker, with interviewers Robert Rodgers Korstad and Chuck Eppinette. January 1976

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E-0113-002 Interview with Leon Edwards, 1976

Leon Edwards, factory worker, with interviewers Robert Rodgers Korstad and Chuck Eppinette. 23 January 1976

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E-0114 Interview with Elizabeth Eudy, 1987

Elizabeth Eudy, labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 1 November 1987

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E-0115 Interview with Elizabeth Eudy, 1988

Elizabeth Eudy, labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 1 June 1988

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E-0116 Interview with Blanche Fishel, 1993

Blanche Fishel, factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 13 August 1993

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E-0117 Interview with Mary Lou Ford, 1991

Mary Lou Ford, labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 21 March 1991

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E-0118 Interview with Bernard Friedland, Junius Scales, and Karl Korstad, 1986

Bernard Friedland, Junius Scales, and Karl Korstad with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 14 April 1986

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E-0119 Interview with Jack Frye, 1981

Jack Frye, labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Lane Windham. 16 October 1981

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E-0120 Interview with Frank Green, 1992

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Frank Green, white labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Lisa Gayle Hazirjian. 17 June 1992

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E-0121 Interview with Willie Grier, 1909

Willie Grier, African American factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 3 June 1909

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E-0122 Interview with Evelyn Hairston, 1978

Evelyn Hairston, African American domestic worker and factory worker with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 1 May 1978

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E-0123 Interview with Heafner D. Yates, 1984

Heafner D. Yates, white teacher and mediator, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 17 July 1984

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E-0124 Interview with Heafner D. Yates, 1985

Heafner D. Yates, white teacher and mediator, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 6 March 1985

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E-0125 Interview with Baxter Holman, 1984

Baxter Holman, African American factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 11 June 1984

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E-0126 Interview with Robert "Chick" Black and Velma Hopkins, 1985

Robert "Chick" Black and Velma Hopkins with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 5 March 1985

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E-0127 Interview with Ernest Timwood Isley, 1992

Ernest Timwood Isley, white factory worker and factory supervisor, with interviewer Lisa Gayle Hazirjian. 13 June 1992

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E-0128 Interview with Alice Burke Jarvis, 1998

Alice Burke Jarvis, white factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 25 April 1998

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E-0129 Interview with Hobart Johnson, 1990

Hobart Johnson, white factory worker and factory supervisor, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 1 July 1990

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E-0130 Interview with Hazel Harrington Jones, 1984

Hazel Harrington Jones, African American domestic worker and factory worker with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 1 June 1984

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E-0131 Interview with Ruby Jones, 1976

Ruby Jones, African American factory worker and secretary, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 28 December 1976

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E-0132 Interview with Ruby Jones, 1977

Ruby Jones, African American factory worker and secretary, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 2 October 1977

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E-0133 Interview with Phillip Koritz, 1989

Phillip Koritz, Labor leaders; Factory workers with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 3 January 1989

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E-0134 Interview with Karl Korstad, 1987

Karl Korstad, white labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 25 August 1987

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E-0135 Interview with Karl Korstad, 1980

Karl Korstad, white labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 14 December 1980

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E-0136 Interview with Annie Little, 1990

Annie Little, African American labor leader, factory worker, and food service employee, with interviewer Lane Windham. 17 May 1990

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E-0137 Interview with Annie Little, 1990

Annie Little, African American labor leader, factory worker, and food service employee, with interviewer Lane Windham. 15 October 1990

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E-0138 Interview with Ellen Hauser Marsh, 1993

Ellen Hauser Marsh, factory worker, with interviewer Lisa Gayle Hazirjian. 17 June 1993

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E-0139 Interview with Anne Matthews, 1987

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Anne Matthews, labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 7 January 1987

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E-0140 Interview with Edwin McCrea, 1988

Edwin McCrea, white labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Chuck Eppinette. 23 July 1988

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E-0141 Interview with Beatrice McCrea, 1988

Beatrice McCrea, white labor leader and factory worker, with interview Chuck Eppinette. 23 July 1988

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E-0142 Interview with William McGirt, 1995

William McGirt, white labor union member with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 13 and 1995

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E-0143 Interview with James McKensie, 1992

James McKensie, salesperson, factory worker, and factory supervisor, with interviewer Lisa Gayle Hazirjian. 10 June 1992

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E-0144 Interview with Evelyn Nesbitt, 1983

Evelyn Nesbitt, factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 13 July 1983

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E-0145 Interview with Lonnie Nesmith, Undated

Lonnie Nesmith, labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Lane Windham. Undated

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E-0146 Interview with Frank O'Neil, 1979

Frank O'Neil, African American clergy member and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 28 November 1979

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E-0147 Interview with Robert "Chick" Black, Theodosia Simpson Phelps, and Karl Korstad, Undated

Robert "Chick" Black, Theodosia Simpson Phelps, and Karl Korstad with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. Undated

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E-0148 Interview with Theodosia Simpson Phelps, 1979

Theodosia Simpson Phelps, African American labor leader and factory worker, with interviewers Robert Rodgers Korstad and Karl Korstad. circa 1978-1979

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E-0149 Interview with Theodosia Simpson Phelps, 1985

Theodosia Simpson Phelps, African American labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. circa 1884-1985

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E-0150 Interview with Theodosia Simpson Phelps, 1979

Theodosia Simpson Phelps, African American labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 17 April 1979

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E-0151 Interview with Theodosia Simpson Phelps, 1979

Theodosia Simpson Phelps, African American labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 19 April 1979

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E-0152 Interview with Inez Prevard, 1984

Inez Prevard, African American domestic worker and factory worker with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 17 July 1984

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E-0153 Interview with Luther Ranson, 1990

Luther Ranson, Factory workers;Military personnel with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 17 July 1990

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E-0154 Interview with Sidney Royal, 1983

Sidney Royal, Cleaning personnel;Factory workers;Maintenance workers with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 14 June 1983

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E-0155 Interview with Lee Salmons, 1992

Lee Salmons, member of the military, factory worker, and factory supervisor. with interviewer Lisa Gayle Hazirjian. 2 June 1992

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E-0156 Interview with Junius Irving Scales, 1987

Junius Irving Scales, white communist political activist, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 2 May 1987

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E-0157 Interview with Charles E. Scott, Jr., 1992

Charles E. Scott, Jr., factory worker, with interviewer Lisa Gayle Hazirjian. 8 June 1992

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E-0158 Interview with Cornelius Simmons, 1990

Cornelius Simmons, labor leader and factory worker, with interviewer Lane Windham. 2 September 1990

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E-0159 Interview with Louise Smith, 1984

Louise Smith, domestic worker and factory worker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 26 June 1984

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E-0160 Interview with Jack Spears, 1992

Jack Spears, factory worker and factory supervisor, with interviewer Lisa Gayle Hazirjian. 5 June 1992

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E-0161 Interview with Etta Stevenson, 1984

Etta Stevenson, African American factory worker and homemaker, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 17 July 1984

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E-0162 Interview with Jim Stine, 1992

Jim Stine, factory worker and factory supervisor, with interviewer Lisa Gayle Hazirjian. 5 June 1992

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E-0163 Interview with Katherine Stine, 1992

Katherine Stine, salesperson and homemaker, with interviewer Lisa Gayle Hazirjian. 8 June 1992

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E-0164 Interview with Sylvia Thompson, 1976

Sylvia Thompson with interviewers Jacquelyn Dowd Hall and Robert Rodgers Korstad. May 1976

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E-0165 Interview with Ernest Leylon Tilley, 1992

Ernest Leylon Tilley, white factory worker, with interviewer Lisa Gayle Hazirjian. 10 June 1992

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E-0166 Interview with Charles B. Wade, 1983

Charles B. Wade, factory worker and factory supervisor, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 14 November 1983

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E-0167 Interview with Rebecca Williams, 1984

Rebecca Williams, factory worker and food service employee, with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 27 June 1984

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E-0168 Interview with Warren Williams, 1996

Warren Williams with interviewer Robert Rodgers Korstad. 15 March 1996

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E-0169 Interview with Marie Jackson Winston, 1990

Marie Jackson Winston, African American agricultural laborer and labor leader, with interviewer Lane Windham. 27 September 1990

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E-0170 Interview with Diane Wright, 1990

Diane Wright, health services administrator and public officer, with interviewer Lane Windham. 27 September 1990

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expand/collapse Expand/collapse E.6. Labor: Michael Honey Collection on Southern Labor, 1981-1998.

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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:

  • Honey, Michael, Southern Labor and Black Civil Rights: Organizing Memphis Workers (Champaign: The University of Illinois Press, 1993).
  • Honey, Michael, Black Workers Remember: An Oral History of Segregation, Unionism, and the Freedom Struggle ( (Berkeley and Los Angeles: The University of California Press, 2002).
  • Honey, Michael, Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign ( (New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2007)

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.

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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.

E-0171 Interview with Evelyn Bates, 1989

Evelyn Bates, African American factory worker and food service employee, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 16 May 1989

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E-0172 Interview with Alzada Clark, 1989

Alzada Clark, African American community organizer, factory worker, and labor union member, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 24 May 1989

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E-0173 Interview with Leroy Clark, 1983

Leroy Clark, African American labor leader, labor union member, factory worker, and social justice activist, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 27 March 1983

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E-0174 Interview with Clarence Coe, 1989

Clarence Coe, African American labor union member and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 28 May 1989

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E-0175 Interview with H. B. Griffin, 1984

H. B. Griffin, white labor union member and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 1 November 1984

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E-0176 Interview with George Holloway, 1990

George Holloway, African American factory worker and labor leader, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 23 March 1990

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E-0177 Interview with Myles Horton, 1981

Myles Horton, white school administrator, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 1 June 1981

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E-0178 Interview with Hosea Hudson, 1985

Hosea Hudson, African American labor leader, labor union member, and communist, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 19 May 1985

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E-0179 Interview with George Isabell, 1983

George Isabell, African American labor union member, factory worker, and electrician, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 10 February 1983

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E-0180 Interview with Karl Korstad, 1981

Karl Korstad, white labor leader, labor union member, and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 20 May 1981

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E-0181 Interview with Ida Leachman, 1996

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Ida Leachman, African American farmer, homemaker, and service industry employee, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 9 April 1996

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E-0182 Interview with Ida Leachman, 1997

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Ida Leachman, African American farmer, homemaker, and service industry employee, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 22 May 1997

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E-0183 Interview with Edward Lindsey, 1989

Edward Lindsey, African American labor union member and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 27 May 1989

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E-0184 Interview with Rebecca McKinley, 1984

Rebecca McKinley, African American labor union member and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 1 November 1984

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E-0185 Interview with Rebecca McKinley, 1983

Rebecca McKinley, African American labor union member and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 27 March 1983

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E-0186 Interview with Daniel Augustus Powell, 1983

Daniel Augustus Powell, white labor leader, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 1 February 1983

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E-0187 Interview with Hillie Pride, 1989

Hillie Pride, white labor union member and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 26 May 1989

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E-0188 Interview with Richard Routon, 1983

Richard Routon, white labor leader, labor union member, and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 18 February 1983

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E-0189 Interview with Lonnie Roland, 1984

Lonnie Roland, African American labor union member and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 1 November 1984

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E-0190 Interview with Susie Wade, 1989

Susie Wade, African American farmer, teacher, cleaning person, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 27 May 1989

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E-0191 Interview with Leroy Boyd, 1983

Leroy Boyd, African American labor union member and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 6 February 1983

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E-0192 Interview with Leroy Boyd, 1989

Leroy Boyd, African American labor union member and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 25 May 1989

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E-0193 Interview with Irene Branch, 1989

Irene Branch, African American labor union member and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 25 May 1989

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E-0194 Interview with Matthew R. Davis and Edward Harrell, 1984

Matthew R. Davis and Edward Harrell, African American factory workers and labor union members, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 30 October 1984

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E-0195 Interview with George King, 1989

George King, African American labor union member and factory worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 26 May 1989

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E-0196 Interview with William Lucy, 1993

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William Lucy, African American labor leader and trade union activist with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 1 April 1993

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E-0197 Interview with Edwin McCrea and Beatrice McCrea, 1982

Edwin McCrea and Beatrice McCrea, white labor leader, factory worker, and communist, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 16 October 1982

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E-0198 Interview with Edwin McCrea and Beatrice McCrea, 1983

Edwin McCrea and Beatrice McCrea, white labor leader, factory worker, and communist, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 6 March 1983

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E-0199 Interview with Edwin McCrea, 1989

Edwin McCrea, white labor leader, factory worker, and communist, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 25 May 1989

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E-0200 Interview with Danny Davis, Edward Harrell, James Mitchell, and Robert E. Matthews, 1989

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

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E-0201 Interview with James Robinson, 1996

James Robinson, African American labor leader and sanitation worker, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 10 April 1996

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E-0202 Interview with Robert Tillman, 1983

Robert Tillman, white attorney, judge, and labor leader, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 26 February 1983

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E-0203 Interview with Robert Tillman, 1985

Robert Tillman, white attorney, judge, and labor leader, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 24 March 1985

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E-0204 Interview with Clara Vincent, 1983

Clara Vincent, white political activist, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 4 January 1983

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E-0205 Interview with George Clark, 1984

George Clark, white labor leader and labor union member with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 30 October 1984

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E-0206 Interview with Dorothy Crook, 1998

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Dorothy Crook, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 1 April 1998

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E-0207 Interview with Forrest M. Dickerson, 1983

Forrest M. Dickerson, white businessperson, with interviewer Michael K. Honey. 1983

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