Acuff, Stewart
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Stewart Acuff oral history interview, August 29, 1995
Item — Othertype Oral History: Series Series A: ; Series Series B:; Series Series C: ; Series Series D: ; Series Series E: ; Series Series F: ; Series Series G: ; Series Series H: ; Series Series I: ; Series Series J: ; Series Series K: ; Series Series L: ; Series Series M: ; Series Series N: ; Series Series P: ; Series Series Q: ; Series Series R: ; Series I; Series II; Series III; Series IV; Series L2006-08; Series L2005-23; Series L2008-07
Identifier: L1995-12-01
Scope and Contents
Interviewed by Christine Lutz: Acuff discusses his background, including his college education, work as an activist with ACORN after graduation, and studying in England during his sophomore year. He articulates the connection for him between religion and activism, as well as the influence of the civil rights movement and Viet Nam on his development as an activist. He recounts about organizing nursing home workers and receiving threats from the Klu Klux Klan. On being a white Southerner...
Dates:
August 29, 1995
Stewart Acuff papers
Collection
Identifier: L2012-19
Abstract
Former president of the Atlanta Labor Council, Stewart Acuff later served as Director of Organizing for the AFL-CIO. his papers consist of speeches, agendas, manuscripts and drafts, and notes from 1998-2011.
Dates:
1998-2011
Found in:
Special Collections
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- Archival Object 1
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- Labor leaders 1
- Labor unions -- Organizing 1
- Speeches, addresses, etc 1
- appointment books 1