Greenville (S.C.)

Whittenberg discusses living in Greenville during Jim Crow, Elrod Nealy, the control of the mill companies, and other topics.

In this interview Whittenberg, Allen, and the women discuss a letter Elrod Nealy wrote to General Johnson, what life was like in Greenville during Jim Crow, and the impact of the New Deal and the NRA on African Americans.

Ashmore discusses attitudes to union organizing in Greenville, S.C., reporting on union activity in Greenville, his childhood, and attitudes towards cotton mill workers.

Thornburgh, Taylor and Childs discuss some of the songs sung in Knoxville, Tenn. during the textile workers' strike of 1934, the significance of the history of the strike, why the strike has been forgotten, the echos of the strike that Taylor and Childs have found in their own organizing work, and looking at the strike as a worker led movement. Jacobs discusses dealing with union members problems after the textile workers' strike of 1934.

Several unidentified members of the Neely family are interviewed in Greenville, S.C. Members of the Neely family discuss a letter that their Uncle Elrod Neely wrote to Hugh S. Johnson, why Elrod Neely wrote the letter, living in the Jim Crow South, and other topics.