Moses, Robert
Description
Moses uses his radio show to help Stoney reach out to and find textile workers from the Loray Mill, particularly African American workers.Moore drives Stoney and his crew around the area around the Loray Mill and discusses things such as the Labor Day parades and the businesses that were previously in the area.Passmore shows the filmmakers and Ernest Moore around the Firestone Mill, which was previously called the Loray Mill at the time of the General Textile Strike of 1934.Robert Moses was a radio broadcaster in Gastonia, N.C.Ernest Moore was a textile worker at the Eagle Mill in East Gastonia, N.C.E.W. Passmore was an employee with the Firestone Mill, previously known as the Loray Mill.
Video
Moore, ErnestStoney, George C
Record Contributed By
Georgia State UniversityRecord Harvested From
Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- African American Radio Broadcasters
- African American Textile Workers
- African Americans
- Cotton Manufacture
- Cotton Textile Industry
- Employees
- Factories
- Groves Mill (Gastonia, N.C.)
- Industrial Management
- Labor Day
- Labor Union Members
- Labor Unions
- Loray Mill (Gastonia, N.C.)
- Organizing
- Parades
- Radio Broadcasting
- Radio Stations, American
- Strikes And Lockouts
- Textile Factories
- Textile Industry
- Textile Manufacturers
- Textile Workers
- Textile Workers' Strike (Southern States : 1934)
- Unfair Labor Practices
