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Joe Jacobs, Lucille Thornburgh, and Union Organizers Interview 6

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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 was a lawyer who worked extensively with labor unions throughout his career. In addition, Jacobs was an organizer during the 1934 strike as well as serving as the Southern Regional Director for the United Textile Workers of America.Lucille Thornburgh was a textile worker and union organizer in Knoxville, Tenn.
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Thornburgh, LucilleStoney, George C
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Georgia State University

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African American Women
  2. African Americans
  3. Bibb Manufacturing Company (Columbus, Ga.)
  4. Blacklisting, Labor
  5. Cannon Mills Company (Concord, N.C.)
  6. Education
  7. Labor Unions
  8. Organizing
  9. Textile Workers
  10. Textile Workers' Strike (Southern States : 1934)
  11. Women
  12. Working Class

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