Gastonia (N.C.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Lucille Thornburgh Interview 1, 15 August 1991
Item
Identifier: L1995-13_AV0458
Abstract
Thornburgh discusses the National Recovery Act (NRA), her organizing work at Cherokee Mills, the impact of the Wagner Act, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 1929 strike at Loray Mills in Gastonia, N.C., and blacklisting. The last 10 minutes of the video consist of shots of various mills around Knoxville.
Dates:
15 August 1991
Lucille Thornburgh Interview 11
Item
Identifier: L1995-13_AV0026
Abstract
Thornburgh discusses working at the Cherokee Spinning Mill, the impact that being union had on her, organizing the local union, the impact of the National Recover Act, the textile workers' strike of 1934, and other topics.
Dates:
1987-1995