Fort McPherson (Ga.)

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Parham and Zimmerman discuss Zimmerman's internment at Fort McPherson, spying in the mill village and the impact of the textile workers' strike of 1934.

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Zimmerman and Parham discuss Zimmerman's imprisonment at Fort McPherson, union organizing, their father, politics and other topics.

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Zimmerman and Parham discuss the textile workers' strike of 1934, Zimmerman's interment at Fort McPherson, their childhood and other topics.

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Etta Mae Zimmerman and Roger Zimmerman discuss the textile workers' strike of 1934, the imprisonment of the strikers at Fort McPherson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and other topics.

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Zimmerman discusses life as a textile worker and union member, and the repercussions she and her family encountered as a result of the union.

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Zimmerman discusses the internment of union members at Fort McPherson, newspaper and newsreel coverage of the internment at Fort McPherson, her childhood, the Great Depression, and life in the mill village.

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Zimmerman discusses the internment of strikers at Fort McPherson, blacklisting, and working in the mills.

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Etta Mae Zimmerman was arrested for picketing during the 1934 strike and held at Fort McPherson for a week with her father. The sisters discuss what led up to the strike, living conditions inside the make-shift prison, and the names of fellow prisoners.

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Parham discusses flying squadrons, union organizing, and her life after the strike, especially how her two sons went in to management at various textile plants. Zimmerman discusses union organizing and her internment at Fort McPherson.

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Parham discusses being a part of the flying squadron, union organzing, her sister's internment at Fort McPherson, child labor laws, working conditions in the mill, and African American worker at the textile mill.

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Maddie Rainwater, Maurine Rainwater, and Mildred Rainwater discuss working in the cotton mill, the impact of the eight-hour day, the textile workers' strike of 1934 and other topics. An unidentified man and an unidentified woman discuss the textile workers' strike of 1934, while watching a newsreel. Etta Mae Zimmerman discusses working in the cotton mill, her family, the textile workers' strike of 1934, being imprisoned in Fort McPherson and other topics.

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The first 15 minutes of the video is a recording of various attendants at a cotton mill reunion. Denton discusses working in the textile mills and the textile workers' strike of 1934. Leander Zimmerman discusses the textile workers' strike of 1934 and working as a barber.

Abstract: The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) represents health care workers, government workers, and property services workers (food, janitorial and security services). Formed in 1921 as the Building Service Employees International Union (BSEIU) as part of the AFL, the union changed its name in 1968. The Service Employees International Union, Southern Region records (1940-1945; 1951-1975) consists of correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes, legal documents, contract...