Delta farm strike, printed materials, 1965

Collection:: AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Title:: Delta farm strike, printed materials, 1965
Creator:: AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E.T., 1921-1996
Ramsay, Claude E. (Claude Elwood), 1916-1986
Mississippi AFL-CIO
United Community Funds and Councils of America
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Mississippi Freedom Labor Union
Date of Original:: 1965
Subject:: Labor leaders
Labor unions
African American labor union members
Civil rights workers
African American civil rights workers
Agricultural laborers--Labor unions
Strikes and lockouts--Agricultural laborers
Labor--Religious dimensions--Christianity
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Mississippi AFL-CIO
United Community Funds and Councils of America
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Mississippi Freedom Labor Union
Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Delta Ministry
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America
People:: Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Ramsay, Claude E. (Claude Elwood), 1916-1986
Location:: United States, Mississippi River Delta, 29.16689, -89.25033
United States, Mississippi, Washington County, Greenville, 33.40898, -91.05978
Medium:: files (document groupings)
Type:: Text
Format:: application/pdf
Description:: Consists of correspondence and documents related to the 1965 strike of farmworkers in the Mississippi Delta, organized by the Mississippi Freedom Labor Union (MFLU), Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), and the Delta Ministry. Contents include a report by E.T. Kehrer on his interviews with strikers, MFLU organizers, and Delta Ministry members, a report by Mississippi AFL-CIO President Claude Ramsay criticizing the feasibility of organizing temporary farm laborers, and a July 1965 issue of the MFDP newsletter harshly criticizing the AFL-CIO for insufficient support of the strike.
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/14895
Language:: eng
Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):: Cite as: L1983-26_05_1602_132, AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southern Office Records, Southern Labor Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
Extent:: 45 pages
Original Collection:: Delta farm strike, printed materials, 1965
Southern Labor Archives
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/515
1602
Subject Files, 1964-1978
AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southern Office Records (L1983-26)
Contributing Institution:: Georgia State University. Special Collections
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