Interview with George Brown
In this interview, George Brown describes his early life in Selma, Alabama, and his move to Birmingham for a job. Brown explains that Birmingham had a rough reputation. He recounts being beaten, for no reason, by the local police force. He recalls living in a work camp, sharing housing with other fa...
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Oral histories Brown, George--Interviews; Police brutality--Alabama--Birmingham; Work camps--Alabama--Birmingham; Work environment--Alabama--Birmingham; Steel industry and trade--Alabama--Birmingham; Labor unions--Alabama--Birmingham; United States--Civilization--1970-; interviews; transcripts |
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In this interview, George Brown describes his early life in Selma, Alabama, and his move to Birmingham for a job. Brown explains that Birmingham had a rough reputation. He recounts being beaten, for no reason, by the local police force. He recalls living in a work camp, sharing housing with other families, and having no privacy. He recounts the working conditions and describes working poison gases in the mill. He goes on to describe the rise of unions in the steel mills. He also discusses singing at work and communicating through song in the mills.The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries. |
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Interview with George BrownBrown, George (Interviewee); Kuhn, Cliff (Interviewer); McCallum, Brenda (Interviewer)Sound; Text1983 April 25engelectronic; image/jpeg; 2 audio cassettes; 2 transcriptsIn this interview, George Brown describes his early life in Selma, Alabama, and his move to Birmingham for a job. Brown explains that Birmingham had a rough reputation. He recounts being beaten, for no reason, by the local police force. He recalls living in a work camp, sharing housing with other families, and having no privacy. He recounts the working conditions and describes working poison gases in the mill. He goes on to describe the rise of unions in the steel mills. He also discusses singing at work and communicating through song in the mills.The digitization of this collection was funded by a gift from EBSCO Industries.Brown, George--Interviews; Police brutality--Alabama--Birmingham; Work camps--Alabama--Birmingham; Work environment--Alabama--Birmingham; Steel industry and trade--Alabama--Birmingham; Labor unions--Alabama--Birmingham; United States--Civilization--1970-; interviews; transcriptsUnited States--Alabama--Jefferson County--BirminghamThe University of Alabama Libraries Special CollectionsWorking Lives Oral History Projectu0008_0000003_0000009http://purl.lib.ua.edu/54291Images are in the public domain or protected under U.S. copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code), and both types may be used for research and private study. For publication, commercial use, or reproduction, in print or digital format, of all images and/or the accompanying data, users are required to secure prior written permission from the copyright holder and from archives@ua.edu. When permission is granted, please credit the images as Courtesy of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections.http://cdm17336.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/u0008_0000003/id/298 |
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