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Kendall, Lucille Powell, Helene

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Sound recording of Lucille Kendall's 1976-1977 interview with African American labor activist Helene Powell covering her involvement with the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU), Local 6, in San Francisco as a steward and member of the Legislative Committee and Executive Board. The interview also covers Powell's appointment as the ILWU's International Representative to Los Angeles in 1943.
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Sound
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Original Audio Cassette
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Keywords

  1. African American College Students
  2. African Americans
  3. Berkeley
  4. California
  5. Discrimination
  6. Employee Rights
  7. Equal Pay For Equal Work
  8. International Longshoremen's And Warehousemen's Union
  9. International Longshoremen's And Warehousemen's Union. Local 6 (San Francisco, Calif.)
  10. Political Activity
  11. Race Discrimination
  12. Sex Discrimination In Employment
  13. Strikes And Lockouts
  14. Students
  15. United States
  16. Universities
  17. University Of California, Berkeley
  18. Women
  19. Women Labor Leaders
  20. World War, 1939 1945

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