- Collection:
- Working Lives Oral History Project
- Title:
- Interview with Sam Andrews
- Contributor to Resource:
- Andrews, Sam
Hamrick, Peggy - Date of Original:
- 1984-07-07
- Subject:
- Andrews, Sam--Interviews
- Location:
- United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249
- Medium:
- interviews
transcripts - Type:
- Sound
Text - Format:
- audio/mpeg
image/jpeg - Description:
- In this interview, Sam Andrews describes his early life in Ensley, Alabama, and his years as an "oven man" in the steel mill. He recalls the unionization of the mill, picketing and the fear associated with joining the union. He also provides a detailed description of the stages of steel production and describes the medical care that was provided by the mill, as well as race relations in the mill and union meetings. Andrews describes life during The Depression, explaining that he survived by working several jobs at once. He maintains that he actually lived better in the "Hoover Days." He also describes receiving help from the Red Cross and the difficulty in accepting help. He discusses being treated better as a light skinned African-American. Andrews describes his life as a hobo and the danger associated with riding the trains. He also describes working in a Civilian Conservation Corps Camp in Northport, Alabama.
The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.libraries.ua.edu/cdm/ref/collection/u0008_0000003/id/72
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
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- Original Collection:
- Working Lives Oral History Project
- Contributing Institution:
- William Stanley Hoole Special Collections Library
- Rights:
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