- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Report on the Delta farm strike; August 16, 1965
- Creator:
- Ramsay, Claude, 1916-
- Date of Original:
- 1965-08-16
- Subject:
- AFL-CIO
African American farmers
Farm mechanization
Delta Ministry of Mississippi
Labor Unions
Delta (Miss. : Region) - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; Claude Ramsay addresses the need of labor union organization in the Mississippi Delta. He explains the condition of African American farmers in the Delta and the economic effects that increasing farm mechanization is having on them. He also describes meetings between AFL-CIO staff members and the local people in Shaw, Mississippi.
Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. - Metadata URL:
- https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_83445124-c87a-4b46-8a88-4720d2813205
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- University Libraries provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. When possible, we have provided information regarding the copyright right status of an item; however, the information we have may not be accurate or complete. Obtaining permissions to publish or otherwise use is the sole responsibility of the user.
- Original Collection:
- M368 Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection
Box 4, Folder 4 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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