Jacobs, Joseph, 1908-

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Jacobs discusses the activities of the United Textile Workers of America at the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill during the textile workers' strike of 1934, and how Cabbagetown has changed during the intervening 56 years. Winn discusses the history of the textile mills in Columbus, Ga., his family background and the time he spent working at the Muscogee Manufacturing Company.

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Jacobs discusses the textile workers' strike of 1934, supplying food to strikers, and a court case he was involved in. Barber discusses the textile workers' strike of 1934 at the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill.

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Jacobs discusses the impacts of the Textile Workers' Strike of 1934, the difficulties in organizing textile workers, the importance of labor unions, his work trying to provide justice for blacklisted strikers, the impacts of the NRA and other topics.

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Jacobs discusses his work as a labor lawyer, how the events of 1934 influenced American history, contextulizing this particular round of organzing of textile workers in the South, the United Textile Workers of America Convention, the Textile Workers' Strike of 1934, and shows his greenhouse of orchids.

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Jacobs discusses textile workers' efforts to unionize and the backlash they endured from employers, law enforcement, and their community.

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Jacobs discusses his beginnings as a lawyer working with the unions, his family origins, and the start of the Flying Squadrons.

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He discusses the strike of '34, recruiting young union leaders, ministers and mill control, and work life in the mills.

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Jacobs, Thornburgh, and unnamed union organizers discuss the barriers to union organizing in the 1930s and 1990s, the perception of unions, the textile workers' strike 1934, and other topics.

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Jacobs, Thornburgh, and unnamed union organizers discuss African Americans in the labor movement, the aftermath of the textile workers' strike of 1934, why the labor movement is not taught in history classes, and the reclamation of that history.

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Jacobs, Thornburgh, and unnamed union organizers discuss perceptions of the union, organizing and movement building, labor history, how labor history is made, the Southern Labor Archives, communism and other topics.

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Jacobs, Thornburgh, Malcom, and other union organizers discuss letters sent to the Roosevelt Administration.

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Jacobs, Thornburgh and the union organizers discuss the how unions are portrayed in the media, why they work as organizers, why mill ownership works against unions, blacklisting and other topics.

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Jacobs, Thornburgh and the union organizers discuss racism and gender discrimination in the mills, the ways in which the union helped to fight the above, and other topics.

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Jacobs, Thornburgh, and union organizers discuss the shame associated with the strike, feelings of shame associated with being a textile worker, racism and segregation, and other topics.

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Jacobs, Thornburgh and union organizers talk about how the textile workers' strike of 1934 is relevant for contemporary workers, the intertwined history of the Labor Movement and the Civil Rights Movement, and the discomfort them memory of the strike cause in many communities.

Scope and Contents Interivewed by Cliff Kuhn and Millie Beck. Among topics discussed: Lakewood auto strike of 1936; General Motors Fisher Body plant; Max Zaritsky; "dong" men; T.O. Sturdivant, Atlanta chief of police; David Dubinsky; Ralph McGill; the "scab" story; Tom West; "missionary speeches"; Noel Bedow; Simmons Bed Spring Company; "Vulture's Nest"; steel plant union organization; coal mines; Saul Klenburg plant; Workmen's Circle; Barney Firestone; Jacob's early residence in Atlanta; Joe Silver; Jewish...

Scope and Contents Interviewed by Cliff Kuhn and Millie Beck. Among topics discussed: Bob Segal; Lithonia granite cutters strike; Davidson family; Judge Jim Davis; Steve Nance of ATU; Myles Horton of Highlander; David Dubinsky; Max Zaritzky; merger of Millinery Union and Hatter's Union; Winnsboro, South Carolina; anti‑union campaigns; George Googe; printer's union; National Labor Relations Board; E.L. "Abby" Abercrombie; Laundry Workers union organization; attempts to unionize cab drivers; National Linen...

Scope and Contents Interviewed by Cliff Kuhn and Les Hough. Among topics discussed: The Depression in Atlanta; Worker's Alliance; attempt to organize the WPA; the Angelo Herndon case; Civilian Conservation Corps; Max Zaritsky; NIRA (The Blue Eagle); representation of unions; Standard Hat Plant; "The Vulture's Nest"; negotiations and organization in lady garment worker's industry; quotas in garment industry; teacher's union; David Dubinsky; CIO; AFL; Granite Cutters; Steel Workers; Butch Hathaway; Southern Bed...

Scope and Contents Interviewed by Cliff Kuhn and Millie Beck. Among topics discussed: Cases involving Section 7A, Title VII of the EEO; Taft‑Hartley Act; North American Rayon and American Bemburg plant; Childersburg, Alabama plant; Harold Dworet; Sylacauga; Beaunit; Greenville, Alabama; Hat Corporation of America; Carmen Lucia; G.D. Dunham, organizer for the AF of L; anti‑union activity; 1942 Convention of Hatters; Reform, Alabama IBEW plant; Tuscaloosa, Alabama Fuebtam plant; Rechtman, cap manufacturer from...

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Interviewed by Cliff Kuhn. Among topics discussed: Thomas Mines work experience; "installment houses"; working his way through Cornell; working summers at a Long Beach hotel; Jacob's education at Cornell; demonstrating against the ROTC; attendance at night law school; John McCallum; Workmen's Circle; Nathan Stolar; M.J. Merlin; United Textile Workers; prominent Jewish families in Atlanta.