Highland Reunion Interview 2, 13 August 1991
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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: 13 August 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
Lucille Thornburgh was a textile worker and union organizer in Knoxville, Tenn. Foots Weaver was a textile worker and union organizer in Knoxville, Tenn. Homer Coleman was a textile worker and union member in Knoxville, Tenn.
Extent
1 item(s) (video (30:47 duration))
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
Thornburgh, Weaver, and Coleman discuss their first union strike and lockout. Thornburgh describes being blacklisted and the role of newspapers in spreading word about the union.
Geographic
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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