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Charles H. Martin collection of copies of the testimony of Leah Young and Annie Mae Leathers, textile workers
Collection
Identifier: L1973-46
Abstract:
Four photocopied pages of testimony by Leah Young and Annie Mae Leathers, dated October 2, 1934. Young had been charged under Georgia's insurrection law after passing out literature at the Exposition Cotton Mill where she worked. The originals are part of the International Labor Defense Papers (Schomburg Center, New York Public Library).
Dates:
1934
Found in:
Special Collections
The Uprising of '34 collection interviews
Collection
Identifier: L1995-13-OH
Abstract
In 1934, Southern textile workers took the lead in a nationwide strike that saw half a million workers walk off their jobs in the largest single-industry strike in the history of the United States. This finding aid describes the digitized oral history-style interviews available in Georiga State University Library's Digital Collections.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1987-1995
Found in:
Special Collections