Arthur Duncan Interview 4, 14 June 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0609

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Arthur Duncan Interview 4

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

From 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: 14 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

Arthur Duncan was a textile worker in Newnan, Ga.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (28:55 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Duncan discusses moving from the farm to Newnan due to boll weevil infestation, the textile workers's strike of 1934, Franklin D. Roosevelt, African Americans in the labor union, the eviction of union leaders from mill housing, and other topics.