Belmont (Gaston County, N.C.)

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Rose Slayton only appears at the beginning of this video. Dr. Elliott White tours his childhood home and the mill community, including the downtown Gastonia area, the exterior of three mills in the area (Cannon, Voorhees, and Sidney) and mill housing.

Abstract The first part of this interview is the continuation of the Mass in L1995-13_AV049. This interview is conducted in a larger group. Several narrators are not named. Garderner discusses his father, his father's work in the mill, and the integration of the cotton mills. Wilson discusses unfair labor practices, the nature of segregation, and her work in the textile mills. Kay discusses unfair labor practices, and his work in the textile mills. Doree discusses her work in the textile mills, her...

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Farmer discusses the textile workers's strike of 1934, union organzing in the lead up to the strike, being on the picket lines, the aftermath of the strike and other topics.

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Wright discusses Labor Day in Gastonia, and walks George Stoney through two of the departments in the mill he worked in. Grey discusses the textile workers' strike of 1934, compares the differences between the textile industry in New England and the South, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Social Security, and segregation in the mill.

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Wright discusses the textile workers' strike of 1934, the perception of the unions, the 1934 Labor Day parade, the after effects of the strike, and other topics.

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Heafner discusses his work with Textile Labor Relations Board during the 1930s. Hinson discusses her involement in the Uprising of '34 documentary, her memories of her parents and grandparents work, and her childhood in a mill village. Rushmeyer discusses working conditions at Cannon Mills in Kannapolis, N.C., during the 1990s, and union organzing.

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Hill discusses handing over her diaries to Gaston County Museum. Miller discusses life in the mill village, union organizing, the 1934 strike, wages, and other topics.