Oral history interview with Richard McGhee, 1988 Feb. 3 / conducted by Harvey Phelps.

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Oral history interview with Richard McGhee, 1988 Feb. 3 / conducted by Harvey Phelps.

Richard McGhee discusses wages, working conditions, race relations, labor-management relations, and unions in the mill as well as social and living conditions in the mill villages.

Typescript: 17 leaves, bound ; 29 cm.Sound recording: 1 sound cassette : analog.

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Phelps, Harvey

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Eagle and Phenix Manufacturing Company (Columbus, Ga.)

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Mill Worker Oral History Project.

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McGhee, Richard A

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Active in many Detroit neighborhood, youth, cultural and political organizations. Served on the Michigan Civil Rights Commission from 1966 to 1967. From the description of Richard McGhee papers, 1958-1978, (bulk 1963-1977). (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321095 Richard McGhee, an African-American Columbus, Ga. native, worked in the maintenance shop of the Eagle and Phenix textile mill in Columbus, Ga. for 45 years. ...