Joyce Brookshire Interview
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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: 1987-1995
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
Joyce Brookshire was involved with the redevelopment of Cabbagetown, a neighborhood in Atlanta, Ga.
Extent
1 item(s) (video (27:06 duration))
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
Brookshire discusses growing up in Cabbagetown and the revitalization of the neighborhood. The second half of the video consists of an interview with an unidentified man and woman about how the man's father, a store keeper, helped strikers during the textile workers' strike of 1934, and the neighborhood.
Subject
- Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills (Organization)
Geographic
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
100 Decatur St., S.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
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