Neely, Dee
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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.Dee Neely grew up in Cooleemee, N.C.Kathy Lamb's father witnessed the 1934 strike at the Chiquola Mill. Lamb led the effort to erect a memorial to the mill workers who were slain during the strike.
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Lamb, KathyHelfand, Judith, 1964