Papers, 1945-1977.

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Papers, 1945-1977.

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Papers concerning the career of Payton, who was an International Vice President of the Textile Workers Union of America. The papers concern three major aspects of his career: the Harriet-Henderson Cotton Mills strike (1958-1961); his incarceration in prison and writing of the book, SCAPEGOAT; and finally his experiences after being released from jail. Included are genealogy, correspondence, legal papers, addresses and writings, clippings, radio scripts, pictures, and a draft of SCAPEGOAT, entitled PREJUDICE + POLITICS = PRISON.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Textile Workers' Union of America

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Located in Boston, the TWUA began in 1937 as the Textile Workers' Organizing Committee of the CIO. By 1939, its success in organizing workers led to its becoming an independent CIO-affiliated union. One of the first victories was a contract with the American Woolen Co. in Lawrence, Mass. By 1942, mills in a number of New England cities were unionized. After World War II, the TWUA faced serious problems from national anti-labor legislation such as the Taft-Hartley Act, and the slump in the textil...

Payton, Boyd E., 1908-1984

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Labor leader in Willingboro (Burlington Co.), N.J. From the description of Papers, 1945-1977. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32458484 Labor leader, of Willingboro (Burlington Co.), N.J. From the description of Papers, 1929-1946. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20072281 Boyd Ellsworth Payton was born in 1908 in Dobbin, W. Va. As a youth he aspired to be a minister, but after graduating from high school (1926), h...

Harriet-Henderson Cotton Mills (Henderson, N.C.)

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