Working Lives Oral History Project
Oral histories about Birmingham, Alabama's African American working class prior to World War II.
Sensitive Content
Material contained in The University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections may negatively depict race, gender, religious beliefs, ethnicities, and class. The University of Alabama Libraries does not endorse the views expressed in these materials. We present our collections as they were originally created to promote scholarly research and analysis.
More About This Collection
Date of Original
1983/1984
Subject
Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham
African Americans--Alabama--Birmingham
African American civil rights workers--Alabama--Birmingham
Location
United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249
Medium
transcripts
oral histories (literary works)
sound recordings
Type
Sound, Text
Description
Funded by an NEH grant, this project focuses on black working class social history of Birmingham, Alabama prior to World War II. It explores the implications of the immigration of blacks from the rural Deep South to urban metropolitan areas and for understanding the social history of first and second generation black wage earners within the context of urban-industrial development and social change in one New South city.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library
Rights
Sensitive Content
Material contained in The University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections may negatively depict race, gender, religious beliefs, ethnicities, and class. The University of Alabama Libraries does not endorse the views expressed in these materials. We present our collections as they were originally created to promote scholarly research and analysis.
