United States, 39.76, -98.5AFL-CIO. Civil Rights DepartmentKehrer, E.T., 1921-1996Ramsay, Claude E. (Claude Elwood), 1916-1986Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981Southern Conference Educational FundGulf Coast Pulpwood Association19711972Consists of correspondence and documents related to the 1972 strike of woodcutters in Mississippi, led by the Gulf Coast Pulpwood Association. Contents include a letter of Mississippi AFL-CIO President Claude Ramsay to William L. Kircher, Director of the AFL-CIO Department of Organization, complaining about strikers' antagonistic relationship to the AFL-CIO. Also includes materials from the NAACP and Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) in support of the strikers, and newspaper articles describing the strike and its aftermath.The records, 1964-1979, of the Southern Office of the AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department consist primarily of correspondence and related reports, surveys, statements, and newspaper clippings. Much of the correspondence is between Director E.T. (Al) Kehrer and various AFL-CIO departments, notably his superiors Don Slaiman (1965-1974) and William Pollard (1974-1979). There is also substantial correspondence between Kehrer and the AFL-CIO state and city labor councils in the South; apprenticeship and training programs; a wide range of groups and persons concerned with community action and social reform issues, principally in the field of civil rights; and political figures.application/pdfenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Mississippi Woodcutters strike, correspondence, 1971-1972Southern Labor Archiveshttps://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/5601604Subject Files, 1964-1978AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southern Office Records (L1983-26)Labor leadersLabor union membersAfrican American labor union membersStrikes and lockouts--Lumber tradeCivil rightsCivil rights workersAfrican American civil rights workersAFL-CIO. Civil Rights DepartmentSouthern Conference Educational FundGulf Coast Pulpwood AssociationNational Association for the Advancement of Colored PeopleAFL-CIOMississippi Woodcutters strike, correspondence, 1971-1972Text