- Collection:
- Southern Labor Archives
- Title:
- Morning of Day 1 of 9th Biennial Mississippi State AFL_CIO Convention
- Creator:
- Mississippi State AFL-CIO
- Date of Original:
- 1978-05
- Subject:
- Labor bureaus
Executive orders
Labor unions--Organizing
Building trades--Employees--Labor unions
Labor unions--Political activity
Voting
African Americans--Civil rights
Apprenticeship programs
African American iron and steel workers
Shipbuilding industry--Employees
United States--Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Cresent Hill Baptist Church of South Jackson (Jackson, Miss.) - People:
- Kehrer, E. T., 1921-
Ramsay, Claude E., 1916-1986
Gordon, G. H.
Spotts, Steven L.
Knight, Thomas, 1919-
Clark, L. D., 1922-2014
Clayman, Jacob
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
Murray, Barton
Woodson, Robert
Smithhart, Ray
Smithhart, Vera
Broom, Sarah
Finch, Charles Clifton, 1927-1986
Johnson, James
Marshall, F. Ray
Perry, Bob
Stanton, Maurice - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
United States, Mississippi, Hinds County, Jackson, 32.29876, -90.18481
United States, Mississippi, Jackson County, Pascagoula, 30.36576, -88.55613
United States, Mississippi, Lee County, Tupelo, 34.25807, -88.70464
United States, New York, 43.00035, -75.4999 - Medium:
- open reel audiotapes
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Recording of the first session of the 9th Biennial convention of the Mississippi State AFL-CIO. In this recording, commencement speakers introduce the convention, the rules are read out and voted upon. Claude Ramsay then leads a discussion of the Executive Committee's report on candidates for the upcoming U.S. Senate elections. Debate ensues around the actions of Cliff Finch as governor. Vote on the report is inconclusive and they move on to hearing from Al Kehrer in regards to the Civil Rights movement in Mississippi. The recording ends with the roll-call vote as the convention adjourns for lunch.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/labor/id/19078
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: L1986-26_AV0147, Separated to Southern Labor Archives Audiovisual Collection, Mississippi State AFL-CIO Records, Southern Labor Archives, Special Collections and Archives. Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Original Collection:
- 4
Southern Labor Archives
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/420
Separated to Southern Labor Archives Audiovisual Collection
Mississippi State AFL-CIO Records - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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