United States, North Carolina, Cabarrus County, Kannapolis, 35.48736, -80.62173United States, South Carolina, Greenville County, Greenville, 34.85262, -82.39401United States, South Carolina, Pickens County, Clemson, 34.68344, -82.83737AFL-CIO. Civil Rights DepartmentKehrer, E.T., 1921-1996Textile Workers Union of AmericaJorgensen, KierNAACP Legal Defense and Educational FundFairfax, Jean E. (Jean Emily), 1920-2019Southern Regional CouncilVia, Emory F. (Emory Franklin), 1925-2003Pollock, William, 1899-1982Johnson, Mordecai C.Textiles Employment and Advancement for MinoritiesFlack, William PatrickValder, Robert J.Penn Community ServicesSiceloff, Courtney1969Consists of correspondence between individuals involved with Textiles: Employment and Advancement for Minorities (TEAM), a multi-agency project intended to fight employment discrimination in the Southern U.S. textile industry. Topics include efforts to increase African American access to training programs and jobs in the Greenville and Clemson, South Carolina areas and ongoing cooperation between TEAM with Penn Community Services.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/Textiles: Employment and Advancement for Minorities, correspondence, 1969Southern Labor Archiveshttps://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/4631597Apprenticeship, Recruitment, and Training Programs, 1966-1978AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southern Office Records (L1983-26)Labor unionsLabor leadersLabor union membersAfrican American labor union membersLabor unions--Officials and employeesDiscrimination in employmentAffirmative action programsManpower policyTextile industryTextile workersLabor unions and educationAFL-CIO. Civil Rights DepartmentTextile Workers Union of AmericaNAACP Legal Defense and Educational FundSouthern Regional CouncilPenn Community ServicesGreenville Technical CollegeTri-County Technical CollegeClemson UniversityJ.P. Stevens & Co.Cannon Mills CompanyDan River Inc.Textiles: Employment and Advancement for Minorities, correspondence, 1969Text