Willis, Blanche
Description
Blanche Willis and her daughter Kay discuss what it was like during the Civil Rights movement, and Kay describes what it was like to be the first African American woman to be employed at the Cannon Mill.Blanche Willis was a domestic employee for the Cannon family, who owned the Cannon Mill in Kannapolis, NC.Kay, daughter of Blanche Willis, was the first African-American woman employed at Cannon Mill.
Video
Stoney, George CHelfand, Judith, 1964Stoney, James B
Record Contributed By
Georgia State UniversityRecord Harvested From
Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- Affirmative Action Programs
- African American Civil Rights Workers
- African American Labor Leaders
- African American Labor Union Members
- African American Women Civil Rights Workers
- African American Women Household Employees
- African Americans
- Buses
- Cannon Mills Company (Concord, N.C.)
- Civil Rights
- Cotton Textile Industry
- Discrimination
- Discrimination In Employment
- Discrimination In Restaurants
- Employment
- Labor Union Members
- Labor Unions, Black
- Law And Legislation
- Race Discrimination
- Segregation
- Wages
- Women
- Women In The Labor Movement