Honea Path (S.C.)
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
A.J. Whittenberg Interview 2
Whittenberg discusses a letter written by Mr. Neely to Washington in protest of violations of labor law, working in the textile mill, the segregation and racism faced by African Americans at the time, his work with the Civil Rights Movement, and other topics.
Claude Helton and Ernest Moore Interview 4
Helton discusses the 1934 strike, and the deaths in Honea Path, S.C. Moore discusses the 1934 strike, the local Labor Day celebrations, his father's role in the union, the deaths in Honea Path, S.C., and the after effects of the strike.
Dee Neely and Kathy Lamb Interviews, 1 August 1994
Neely discusses a letter written by the employees of Irving Mills in Cooleemee, N.C., organizing for labor and civil rights in Cooleemee, and other topics. Lamb looks at several newspapers from around Honea Path, S.C. at the time of the strike, while reading ones that have to do with the deaths at Chiquola Mills.
Doris Wilson Interview
Wilson discusses issues facing workers in South Carolina in the 1990s, labor education, the impact of "The Uprising of '34," and other topics.
Judith Helfand and George Stoney Interview 1
Stoney and Helfand discuss the making of "The Uprising of '34," how their telling of the story evolved, the ways in which difficulties in filming shaped the film, and other topics.
Kathy Lamb Interview 1, 1 August 1994
Lamb discusses some of the articles that she has found relating to the deaths at Chiquola Mills in Honea Path.
Kathy Lamb Interview 2, 1 August 1994
Lamb discusses how find out about the strike impacted her life, the deaths at Chiquola Mill in Honea Path, S.C., and how the aftermath of the strike has impacted worker-union relations in the community.
Kathy Lamb Interview 3, 1 August 1994
Lamb discuss the importance of learning the history of the deaths at Chiquola Mill, the resistance in the community to efforts to unionize the mills in the area after the Textile Workers' Strike of 1934, and the impact that these deaths had on the community.
Kathy Lamb Interview 4
Lamb goes to the site of the funeral for the people killed at the Chiquola Mill, discusses these deaths with the man who now owns the land that funeral occurred on, and Elaine, a reporter from the local newspaper.
Kathy Lamb, Robert Lamb and James Hughes Interview
Kathy Lamb, Robert Lamb, and Hughes discuss the deaths during the textile workers' strike of 1934, why the town has forgotten this event, the impact of the deaths on further attempts to organize textile workers in and around Honea Path, and other topics.
Lucille Thornburgh, Roy Wade, Don Rodgers, Bill Winn, and Angie Rodgers Interviews, 29 December 1991
Thornburgh, Wade, Don Rodgers and an unidentified woman watch a newsreel of the funeral of strikers at Honea Path, S.C. and discuss these deaths and the textile workers' strike of 1934. Winn, Don Rodgers and Angie Rodgers discuss letters to Franklin Delano Roosevelt from cotton mill workers.
R.A. Atkin and Ethel Atkin Interview, 18 August 1991
R.A. Atkin and Ethel Atkin discuss the textile workers' strike of 1934, the deaths at Chiquola Manufacturing Company, the impact of those deaths and other topics. An unidentified man talks about the deaths at Chiquola Manufacturing Company and his experiences working in the textile mills.
Robert Donahue Interview 3
Donahue discusses how he became involved with United Textile Workers of America (UTWA), his work as an organizer, the organization of African American locals, the textile workers' strike of 1934, and other topics.
Ruth Davis and Unknown Man Interview
Davis talks about her father, his death, and the community response. The unknown man in the video walks through the event step by step including visiting the funeral site.
Ruth Davis Interview and Honea Path Scenes
Ruth Davis's father was killed during the 1934 strike at Chiquola Mill in Honea Path, S.C.
Sue Hill Interview 1
Hill discusses her father's murder, the impact that it had on the family, the poverty they lived in, the deep sadness of her mother, and the company control over the lives of workers in Honea Path.
Sue Hill Interview 2
Hill discusses her father's murder in depth, and the impact that it had on her family.
Terry At Cafe Interview
Terry discusses the work that Cafe does, some of the issues they faced in South Carolina, why they chose to screen the "Uprising of '34" and its impact.
Thom Malcolm, Ollie Sharpe, R.A. and Ethel Atkin Interviews, 18 August 1991
Malcolm does cutaways for an interview he participated in. Sharpe discusses meeting Franklin D. Roosevelt and her anger at the term "linthead". R.A. Atkin and Ethel Atkin discuss working at Chiquola Manfacturing Company, unionization there and the impact of the eight-hour day, and the killings at Honea Path.
Unidentified interviewees interview on The Uprising of '34, Honea Path murders, 1990s
This interview consists of a recorded conversation with several unidentified conversants. They discuss The Uprising of '34, the Honea Path murders and other topics.