Joseph Jacobs oral history interview, 1991 July 12.

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Joseph Jacobs oral history interview, 1991 July 12.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38477493

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Joseph Jacobs on July 12, 1991 in which he discusses the Lakewood (Ga.) auto strike of 1936; General Motors Fisher Body plant; Max Zaritsky; "dong" men; T.O. Sturdivant, Atlanta chief of police; David Dubinsky; Ralph McGill; the "scab" story; Tom West; "missionary speeches"; Noel Bedow; Simmons Bed Spring Company; "Vulture's Nest"; steel plant union organization; coal mines; Saul Klenburg plant; Workmen's Circle; Barney Firestone; Jacob's early residence in Atlanta; Joe Silver; Jewish experience in Russia in the early 1900s; Jewish "Shule"; "Shulervorwaltung"; Lewis Cenker; Merlin family; Carl Karston; German Jews; Socialist Party; segregated meetings; enforcement of segregation in Birmingham; G.H.W. Thomas; Ku Klux Klan; Mildred Kingloff; and Sam Kingloff.

2 audiotapes ; cassette.Transcript (80 p.)

Georgia State University

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SNAC Resource ID: 7404207

Georgia State University

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Jacobs, Joseph, 1908-

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Joseph Jacobs (1908- ), lawyer, partner in Jacobs and Landford (Atlanta, Ga.), worked with legal cases involving labor unions, resides in Atlanta, Georgia. From the description of Joseph Jacobs oral history interview, 1991 Mar. 6. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38477477 From the description of Joseph Jacobs oral history interview, 1991 July 5. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38477495 From the description of Joseph Jacobs oral history...

Firestone, Barney.

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Thomas, G. H. W.

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Kingloff, Mildred.

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Kuhn, Clifford M. 1952-....

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Cenker, Lewis.

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Ku Klux Klan 1915-....

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The Ku Klux Klan was formally incorporated under the laws of the state of Georgia on Dec. 4, 1915. The incorporated organization is a continuance of the earlier post Civil War Reconstruction Era unincorporated Ku Klux Klan and of the Knights of the White Camellia. Women of the Ku Klux Klan was incorporated at a late date as a separate entity. The stated purpose of the KKK was to promote an all White, Protestant United States, excluding all other races and religions. From the descript...

Merlin family.

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Socialist Party (U.S.)

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The Socialist Party (U.S.) was founded in 1901, bringing together moderate socialists from the Social Democratic Party, and dissident members of the Socialist Labor Party. In 1936 the ongoing differences between the “Old Guard” and “Militant” factions, resulted in a split, with the Militant group retaining the SP name and much of the membership, while the Old Guard faction retained most of the organizational and financial assets. From the guide to the Socialist Party (U.S.) Minutes, ...

Karston, Carl.

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Zaritsky, Max, b. 1885.

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Simmons Bed Spring Company.

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West, Tom

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General Motors Corporation. Fisher Body Division

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Silver, Joe, 1922-1989

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McGill, Ralph, 1898-1969

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Ralph McGill, as editor and publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, was a leading voince for racial and ethnic tolerance in the South from the 1940s through the 1960s. As an influential daily columnist, he broke the code of silence on the subject of segregation, chastising a generation of demagogues, timid journalists, and ministers who feared change. When the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregated schools in 1954 and southern demagogues led defiance of the court, segregationists vilified McGill ...

Beck, Millie,

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Sturdivant, T. O.

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Dubinsky, David, 1892-1982

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"Permanent deposit" From the description of International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. David Dubinsky, Memorabilia. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64059271 1892 Born February 22nd in Brest-Litovsk, then in Russia, son of Bezalel and Shaina (Malka) Dobnievsky. Moved to Lodz, where the family operated a bakery. ...

Bedow, Noel.

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Kingloff, Sam.

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