Reverend Frank Miller and Reverend Richard Lisk Interview

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0330

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Reverend Frank Miller and Reverend Richard Lisk Interview

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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: 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

Reverend Frank Miller was a preacher and textile worker in Concord, N.C. Reverend Richard Lisk was a preacher and the son of Haywood "Red" Lisk, a textile worker and union leader in Concord, N.C.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (58:05 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Miller telephones Lisk and asks about his father's role in the union. Miller also talks about workers' relationship with the mill owners and the union, as well as how people would be fired and blacklisted if they joined the union.