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Blanche Willis and Her Daughter Kay Interview

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Willis, Blanche

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Blanche Willis and her daughter Kay discuss what it was like during the Civil Rights movement, and Kay describes what it was like to be the first African American woman to be employed at the Cannon Mill.Blanche Willis was a domestic employee for the Cannon family, who owned the Cannon Mill in Kannapolis, NC.Kay, daughter of Blanche Willis, was the first African-American woman employed at Cannon Mill.
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Stoney, George CHelfand, Judith, 1964Stoney, James B
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Digital Library of Georgia