Joe Jacobs, Lucille Thornburgh, and Union Organizers Interview 8, 28 December 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0596

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Joe Jacobs, Lucille Thornburgh, and Union Organizers Interview 8

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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: 28 December 1991

Creator

Jacobs, Joseph, 1908- (Interviewee, Person)

Restrictions on Access

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

Biographical Note

Joe Jacobs was a lawyer who worked extensively with labor unions throughout his career. In addition, Jacobs was an organizer during the 1934 strike as well as serving as the Southern Regional Director for the United Textile Workers of America. Lucille Thornburgh was a textile worker and union organizer in Knoxville, Tenn.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (27:54 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Jacobs, Thornburgh, and union organizers discuss the shame associated with the strike, feelings of shame associated with being a textile worker, racism and segregation, and other topics.