- Collection:
- AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
- Title:
- Mississippi AFL-CIO, correspondence, 1972-1979
- Creator:
- AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Mississippi AFL-CIO
Ramsay, Claude E. (Claude Elwood), 1916-1986
Woodson, Robert L. - Date of Original:
- 1972/1979
- Subject:
- Labor unions
Labor leaders
Labor union members
African American labor union members
Civil rights
Labor unions--Organizing
Metal-workers--Labor unions
Paper industry workers--Labor unions
Agricultural laborers--Labor unions
Labor unions--Political activity
Labor unions--Elections
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Mississippi AFL-CIO
Gulf Coast Pulpwood Association
Mississippi Poultry Workers' Union
Southern Conference Educational Fund
Pascagoula Metal Trades Council
Litton Industries
Ingalls Shipbuilding - People:
- Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Ramsay, Claude E. (Claude Elwood), 1916-1986
Waller, Bill, 1926-2011
Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997
Evers, Charles, 1922-2020
Finch, Clifford Charles - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Jackson County, Pascagoula, 30.36576, -88.55613
- Medium:
- files (document groupings)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Consists primarily of correspondence of E.T. Kehrer with Claude Ramsay, President of the Mississippi AFL-CIO. Topics include organizing efforts among pulpwood and poultry workers, corporate mismanagement and labor disputes at the Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and Ramsay's reports on Mississippi state politics.
The records, 1964-1979, of the Southern Office of the AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department consist primarily of correspondence and related reports, surveys, statements, and newspaper clippings. Much of the correspondence is between Director E.T. (Al) Kehrer and various AFL-CIO departments, notably his superiors Don Slaiman (1965-1974) and William Pollard (1974-1979). There is also substantial correspondence between Kehrer and the AFL-CIO state and city labor councils in the South; apprenticeship and training programs; a wide range of groups and persons concerned with community action and social reform issues, principally in the field of civil rights; and political figures. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/AFLCIO/id/13924
- IIIF manifest:
- ["https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/AFLCIO:13924/manifest.json"]
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- L1983-26_01_02_1595_47, AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southern Office Records, Southern Labor Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Extent:
- 99 pages
- Original Collection:
- Mississippi AFL-CIO, correspondence, 1972-1979
Southern Labor Archives
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/430
1595
AFL-CIO Departments, 1964-1979
AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southern Office Records (L1983-26) - Contributing Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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