Percy Burt oral history interview, March 31, 1978

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Title: Percy Burt oral history interview, March 31, 1978
Creator: Burt, Percy, 1910-
Interviewer: Kelso, Paul, 1937-
Date Created: 1978-03-31
Notes: The digitization of these materials has been made possible in part by a grant from the National Historical Publications & Records Commission (https://www.archives.gov/nhprc).
Language: English
Subjects: Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: Community service
Railroad employees
Subjects: Library of Congress Subject Headings: Labor leaders
African American packing-house workers
African American labor union members
Strikebreakers
Packing-houses
Race discrimination
Meat industry and trade
Race relations
Equality
Depressions
Company unions
Discrimination in employment
Work environment
Strikes and lockouts
Subjects: Persons: Burt, Percy, 1910-
Subjects: Corporate Bodies: Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America
Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee
United Packinghouse Workers of America. Local 46
Rath Packing Company
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Subject: Time: 1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
Subject: Place: United States -- Iowa -- Waterloo
Collection Guide: https://dsps.lib.uiowa.edu/ilhop/
Physical Description: 01:09:56
Host institution: Iowa Labor History Oral Project
Date Digital: 2017-11-06; 2018-05-21
Contact Information: Contact the State Historical Society of Iowa: https://www.iowaculture.gov/
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