- Collection:
- AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
- Title:
- Mississippi Woodcutters strike, correspondence, 1971-1972
- Creator:
- AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Ramsay, Claude E. (Claude Elwood), 1916-1986
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Southern Conference Educational Fund
Gulf Coast Pulpwood Association - Date of Original:
- 1971/1972
- Subject:
- Labor leaders
Labor union members
African American labor union members
Strikes and lockouts--Lumber trade
Civil rights
Civil rights workers
African American civil rights workers
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Southern Conference Educational Fund
Gulf Coast Pulpwood Association
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
AFL-CIO - People:
- Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Ramsay, Claude E. (Claude Elwood), 1916-1986
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Evers, Charles, 1922-2020 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- files (document groupings)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Consists of correspondence and documents related to the 1972 strike of woodcutters in Mississippi, led by the Gulf Coast Pulpwood Association. Contents include a letter of Mississippi AFL-CIO President Claude Ramsay to William L. Kircher, Director of the AFL-CIO Department of Organization, complaining about strikers' antagonistic relationship to the AFL-CIO. Also includes materials from the NAACP and Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) in support of the strikers, and newspaper articles describing the strike and its aftermath.
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/14916
- IIIF manifest:
- ["https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/AFLCIO:14916/manifest.json"]
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- L1983-26_05_1605_177, AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southern Office Records, Southern Labor Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Extent:
- 20 pages
- Original Collection:
- Mississippi Woodcutters strike, correspondence, 1971-1972
Southern Labor Archives
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/560
1604
Subject Files, 1964-1978
AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southern Office Records (L1983-26) - Contributing Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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