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Cynthia Chattis, unidentified woman, and Charlie Jordan Interviews

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Chattis, Cynthia

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Cynthia Chattis shows her grandmother photographs and asks her to explain them. Chattis and her grandmother discuss her experiences working in a mill in Cooleemee, N.C., domestic workers employed by mill workers' families, prejudice against mill workers, and various people and things in the photographs.Cynthia Chattis asks Charlie Jordan (her father?) questions about life in the mill village, his participation in a time study, the 1934 strike, and other topics.Cynthia Chattis was a textile worker and union organizer from Cooleemee, N.C.Charlie Jordan was a textile worker and industrial engineer from Cooleemee, N.C.The unidentified woman in this video is Cynthia Chattis's grandmother.
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Contributors:
Jordan, CharlieStoney, George CHelfand, Judith, 1964
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Georgia State University

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Digital Library of Georgia