Cherokee Spinning Company
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Lucille Thornburgh Interview 1, 15 August 1991
Item
Identifier: L1995-13_AV0458
Abstract
Thornburgh discusses the National Recovery Act (NRA), her organizing work at Cherokee Mills, the impact of the Wagner Act, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 1929 strike at Loray Mills in Gastonia, N.C., and blacklisting. The last 10 minutes of the video consist of shots of various mills around Knoxville.
Dates:
15 August 1991