- Collection:
- AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
- Title:
- Textiles: Employment and Advancement for Minorities, correspondence, 1969
- Creator:
- AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Textile Workers Union of America
Jorgensen, Kier
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Fairfax, Jean E. (Jean Emily), 1920-2019
Southern Regional Council
Via, Emory F. (Emory Franklin), 1925-2003
Pollock, William, 1899-1982
Johnson, Mordecai C.
Textiles Employment and Advancement for Minorities
Flack, William Patrick
Valder, Robert J.
Penn Community Services
Siceloff, Courtney - Date of Original:
- 1969
- Subject:
- Labor unions
Labor leaders
Labor union members
African American labor union members
Labor unions--Officials and employees
Discrimination in employment
Affirmative action programs
Manpower policy
Textile industry
Textile workers
Labor unions and education
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Textile Workers Union of America
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Southern Regional Council
Textiles Employment and Advancement for Minorities
Penn Community Services
Greenville Technical College
Tri-County Technical College
Clemson University
J.P. Stevens & Co.
Cannon Mills Company
Dan River Mills, Inc. - People:
- Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Jorgensen, Kier
Fairfax, Jean E. (Jean Emily), 1920-2019
Via, Emory F. (Emory Franklin), 1925-2003
Pollock, William, 1899-1982
Johnson, Mordecai C.
Flack, William Patrick
Valder, Robert J.
Siceloff, Courtney - Location:
- United States, North Carolina, Cabarrus County, Kannapolis, 35.48736, -80.62173
United States, South Carolina, Greenville County, Greenville, 34.85262, -82.39401
United States, South Carolina, Pickens County, Clemson, 34.68344, -82.83737 - Medium:
- files (document groupings)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Consists of correspondence between individuals involved with Textiles: Employment and Advancement for Minorities (TEAM), a multi-agency project intended to fight employment discrimination in the Southern U.S. textile industry. Topics include efforts to increase African American access to training programs and jobs in the Greenville and Clemson, South Carolina areas and ongoing cooperation between TEAM with Penn Community Services.
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/23449
- IIIF manifest:
- ["https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/AFLCIO:23449/manifest.json"]
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- L1983-26_02_03_1597_80, AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southern Office Records, Southern Labor Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Extent:
- 49 pages
- Original Collection:
- Textiles: Employment and Advancement for Minorities, correspondence, 1969
Southern Labor Archives
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/463
1597
Apprenticeship, Recruitment, and Training Programs, 1966-1978
AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southern Office Records (L1983-26) - Contributing Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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