Leona Parham and Etta Mae Zimmerman Interview 4

Etta Mae Zimmerman was a textile worker and union member from Hogansville, Ga. Leona Parham is Etta Mae Zimmerman's sister. Etta Mae Zimmerman was arrested for picketing during the 1934 strike and held at Fort McPherson for a week with her father. The sisters discuss what led up to the strike,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parham, Leona;Zimmerman, Etta Mae
Other Authors: Stoney, George C.
Format: Moving Image (Video)
Language:English
Published: 1990
Subjects:
Child labor;Wagons;Newspapers;Picketing;Prisoners;Prisons;Prisoners' families;Imprisonment;Violence;Strikes and lockouts;Strikes and lockouts > Textile industry;Textile workers > Labor unions;Textile workers > Labor unions > Organizing
United States. Army;Georgia. Governor (1948-1955 : Talmadge);Roosevelt
Franklin D. (Franklin Delano)
1882-1945;Coca-Cola Company;National Guard Association of the United States
Fort McPherson
Talmadge
Zimmerman
Online Access:http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/uprising/id/453
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Summary:Etta Mae Zimmerman was a textile worker and union member from Hogansville, Ga. Leona Parham is Etta Mae Zimmerman's sister. Etta Mae Zimmerman was arrested for picketing during the 1934 strike and held at Fort McPherson for a week with her father. The sisters discuss what led up to the strike, living conditions inside the make-shift prison, and the names of fellow prisoners.

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