Belmont (Gaston County, N.C.)
Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Moses, Ernest Moore, and E.W. Passmore Interviews
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.
Robert Ragan and Woodrow Wright Interviews, 23 August 1991
Ragan discusses the McAdenville mills. Wright discusses growing up in a mill village, the 1934 Labor Day Parade in Gastonia, N.C., the textile workers' strike of 1934, wages, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and other topics.
Woodrow Wright and Jake Gray Interviews
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.
Woodrow Wright Interview 1, 24 August 1990
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.
Yvonnie Hill and Rev. Frank Miller Interviews
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.