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Interview no. | E-0157 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | E.5. Labor: Civil Rights Unionism |
Project description | Interviews, 1976-2000, chiefly conducted by Robert Rodgers Korstad, Lisa Hazirjian, Karl Korstad, and Lane Windham, mostly with people employed by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem, N.C., in the first half of the 20th century, but especially in the 1940s. Many interviewees were active in the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers of America Local 22, but there are also interviews with anti-union interviewees, RJR officials, and people active in Local 10 in Greensboro, N.C. There is a special focus on work stoppages and the strikes of 1943 and 1947; other topics include the workings of Locals 22 and 10, living conditions in the Winston-Salem African American community, and the Communist Party's role in local events during this time. |
Date | June 8, 1992 |
Interviewee | Scott, Charles E., Jr. |
Interviewee occupation | Factory workers |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Unidentified |
Interviewer | Hazirjian, Lisa Gayle, 1968- |
Abstract | Discusses some of her activities in voter registration. Story about one of the women who worked with her going door to door talking to people about voting, getting them active. The woman was Bertha Ginyard, who had been one of the early activists in the Food, Tobacco, and Allied Workers of America (FTA) Local 22 union. She talks about how Mrs. Ginyard was very effective because many people they were trying to register to vote were also factory workers. Many of them could not read or write. She talks about setting up schools and classes for them. |
Subject Topical |
Winston-Salem (N.C.)--Social life and customs. Winston-Salem (N.C.)--Economic conditions. Winston-Salem (N.C.)--History. Winston-Salem (N.C.)--Social conditions. African Americans--North Carolina. Labor movement--North Carolina. Strikes and lockouts--North Carolina--Winston-Salem. |
Subject Name |
Communist Party (N.C.) R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers Union of America. |
Citation | Interview with Charles E. Scott, Jr. by Lisa Gayle Hazirjian, 8 June 1992 E-0157, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Interview no. | E0157_Audio |