Irene Brooks and Lonnie Morris Interview, 16 June 1991
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Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Uprising of '34 Collection demonstrates how communities can be impacted in contemporary ways by history and memory, decades after a series of events occur. Veterans of the events of 1934 and their descendants-black, white, mill worker, manager, union, and non-union- were interviewed about mill village life, work conditions, southern contemporaneous culture as well as the strike itself. This finding aid describes the digitized oral history-style interviews available in Georiga State University Library's Digital Collections.
Dates
- Creation: 16 June 1991
Creator
- From the Collection: Stoney, George C. (Person)
- From the Collection: Helfand, Judith (Person)
Restrictions on Access
All of the interviews are available online in GSU's Digital Collections.
Biographical Note
Irene Brooks was a textile worker in Newnan, Georgia. Lonnie Morris was a textile worker at the East Newnan Cotton Mill, in Newnan, Georgia.
Extent
1 item(s) (video (29:36 duration))
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
Brooks and Morris discuss union organization, strikes, and blackballing as a result of union efforts.
Subject
- East Newnan Cotton Mill (Newnan, Ga.) (Organization)
Geographic
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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