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Sue Hill Interview 1

 Item
Identifier: L1995-13_AV0371

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: 1987-1995

Creator

Restrictions on Access

All of the interviews are available online in GSU's Digital Collections.

Biographical Note

Sue Hill is the daughter of Claude Cannon, who was killed in at the Chiquola Mill in Honea Path, S.C.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (57:10 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Abstract

Hill discusses her father's murder, the impact that it had on the family, the poverty they lived in, the deep sadness of her mother, and the company control over the lives of workers in Honea Path.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

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