Gastonia (N.C.)

Moore discusses efforts made by the Communist Party to organize in the South. The Loray Mill strike of 1929 is described by Moore, including the murder of Orville Aderholt, police chief of Gastonia, N.C. Moore talks about the end of the American Textile Union in the aftermath of the '29 strike and subsequent murder trials and increased distrust of unions. The interview is supplemented with information from E.W. "Bob" Passmore.

Passmore and Ernest Moore discuss the pros and cons of unionization. Ernest Moore and Ruby Moore show George Stoney, Jamie Stoney, and Judith Helfand around Gastonia, N.C.

Moses uses his radio show to help Stoney reach out to and find textile workers from the Loray Mill, particularly African American workers. Moore drives Stoney and his crew around the area around the Loray Mill and discusses things such as the Labor Day parades and the businesses that were previously in the area. Passmore shows the filmmakers and Ernest Moore around the Firestone Mill, which was previously called the Loray Mill at the time of the General Textile Strike of 1934.