Jacobs, Joseph, 1908-
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1908-
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Lucille Thornburgh, Charles Taylor, Jeanne Childs, and Joe Jacobs Interviews, 29 December 1991
Item
Identifier: L1995-13_AV0518
Abstract
Thornburgh, Taylor and Childs discuss some of the songs sung in Knoxville, Tenn. during the textile workers' strike of 1934, the significance of the history of the strike, why the strike has been forgotten, the echos of the strike that Taylor and Childs have found in their own organizing work, and looking at the strike as a worker led movement. Jacobs discusses dealing with union members problems after the textile workers' strike of 1934.
Dates:
29 December 1991