Knoxville (Tenn.)

Thornburgh discusses her involvement, as a woman, in leading a labor movement in Knoxville, Tenn., the accusation of being a Communist, African Americans and women in the labor movement, and the people and organizations she came in contact with through her union efforts.

Thornburgh discusses the National Recovery Act (NRA), her organizing work at Cherokee Mills, the impact of the Wagner Act, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 1929 strike at Loray Mills in Gastonia, N.C., and blacklisting. The last 10 minutes of the video consist of shots of various mills around Knoxville.

Thornburgh discusses her early family life, and she details how she began working in mills, the wages she received in comparison to other vocations, and her first exposure to a strike.

Thornburgh discusses union organizing, the textile workers' strike of 1934, blacklisting, Franklin Roosevelt, and the aftermath of the strike.

Thornburgh discusses the textile workers' strike of 1934, the New Deal, the NRA, union organizing, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 8 hour day, minimum wage laws and other topics.

Thornburgh discusses the textile workers' strike of 1934, union organizing, the impact of union organizing, the impact of the strike and other topics.

Thornburgh discusses union organizing, the textile workers' strike of 1934, the United Textile Workers of America, the NRA, women in the labor unions, and other topics.

Thornburgh discusses union organizing, the textile workers' strike of 1934, the Tennessee Valley Authority, her work with the AFL, her studies at Oxford, and other topics.

Thornburgh discusses union organzing, the textile workers' strike of 1934, her current volunteer work, and drives the documentary crew around Knoxville to her former home and other places.

Thornburgh discusses the several mills in Knoxville, union organizing, and the textile workers' strike of 1934.

Thornburgh discusses the end of the textile workers' strike of 1934 and looks through her scrapbook of the strike and her later work with the labor movement.

Thornburgh discusses the impact that becoming involved with the labor movement had on her life, the effects of blacklisting on union members, segregation in the textile mills, the textile workers' strike of 1934, violence during the strike, and politics.

Thornburgh discusses her childhood, going to work at Cherokee Spinning Company, becoming involved the textile workers strike of 1934, and other topics.

Thornburgh discusses the textile workers' strike of 1934 and her involvement in the labor movement in 1930s and 1940s.

Thornburgh, Wade, Rodgers, and Leper discuss how companies use footage of the textile workers' strike of 1934 as a way to convince employees not join the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU), also discussed is the issue of race and union organizing.

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.

Weaver and Coleman discuss the national strike in 1934, organizing local strikes, and their dedication to the union. Joroloman discusses his mother's dividends from the Standard Knitting Mill, how the mill distributed its products, and the quality of the material produced by the mill.

Weaver and Nicholson discuss their childhood and the discovery of their father's role in the Textile Workers' Strike of 1934. Joroloman discusses his father's role in opening Standard Knitting Mill, the time he spent working in the mill prior to being a manager, the impact of the NRA, and other topics.