Columbus (Ga.)
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Joe Jacobs and Bill Winn Interviews, 19 July 1990
Jacobs discusses the activities of the United Textile Workers of America at the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill during the textile workers' strike of 1934, and how Cabbagetown has changed during the intervening 56 years. Winn discusses the history of the textile mills in Columbus, Ga., his family background and the time he spent working at the Muscogee Manufacturing Company.
Joe Jacobs, Lucille Thornburgh, and Union Organizers Interview 6, 28 December 1991
Jacobs, Thornburgh and the union organizers discuss the how unions are portrayed in the media, why they work as organizers, why mill ownership works against unions, blacklisting and other topics.
Joe Jacobs, Lucille Thornburgh, and Union Organizers Interview 8, 28 December 1991
Jacobs, Thornburgh, and union organizers discuss the shame associated with the strike, feelings of shame associated with being a textile worker, racism and segregation, and other topics.
Joe Jacobs, Roy Wade, Don Rodgers, and Angie Rodgers Interview 1, 29 December 1991
Jacobs, Wade, Don Rodgers and Angie Rodgers discuss United Textile Workers of America (UTWA) activity after the textile workers' strike 1934, how the union did not leave various Southern towns,and the legal struggles that the UTWA faced.
Joe Jacobs, Roy Wade, Don Rodgers, Angie Rodgers Interview 2, 29 December 1991
Jacobs, Wade, Don Rodgers and Angie Rodgers discuss United Textile Workers of America (UTWA) activity after the textile workers' strike of 1934, how the union did not leave various Southern towns, and the legal struggles that the UTWA faced.