Papers, ca. 1976.

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Papers, ca. 1976.

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Material related to her research on the textile workers strike in Gastonia in 1929. Includes a copy of her paper, "The Gastonia Strike of 1929: Social and Judicial Injustice," and interviews by Allred with LeGette Blythe (who covered the strike as a reporter for The Charlotte Observer) and Ralph Glenn (a high school teacher in Gastonia when the strike occurred).

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University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library

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University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library

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Allred, Lynne.

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National Textile Workers Union (U.S.)

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Founded in New Bedford, Mass., in September 1928, focused organization efforts in Northeastern and Southern textile mills. Obtained national status in 1929, wh en the NTWU became the first affliate with the communistic Trade Union Unity League (TUUL). Disbanded about 1934 as a result of low membership. From the description of National Textile Workers Union records, 1926-1932 and undated bulk 1928-1932. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 24856982 ...

Glenn, Ralph Anderson

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Blythe, LeGette, 1900-1993

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In 1921, William LeGette Blythe, native of Huntersville, N.C., graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he had been a member of the original Carolina Playmakers and a classmate of Thomas Wolfe. After graduation, Blythe became a reporter at the Charlotte News and later joined the staff of the Charlotte Observer . He authored several Biblical novels, biographies of prominent North Carolinians, and symphonic dramas based on Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, N.C. Blythe ...