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Title |
M. H. Ross, interviewed by Jane Ross Davis, 1987-01-09 |
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Identifier |
L2001-05_AV0006 |
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Date of original |
1987-01-09 |
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Decade |
1980s |
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Creator |
Ross, M. H. |
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Contributors |
Davis, Jane Ross |
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Abstract |
In this interview, M. H. Ross describes his and his wife's experiences living in Macon, Georgia shortly after World War II. He and Jane Ross Davis discuss a particularly dramatic incident in which a group of Ku Klux Klan members invaded the Ross family's home in an attempt to attack Ross, but were instead met by his wife Anne, who was beaten badly enough to cause her to miscarry her fetus. Ross talks about organizing efforts he carried out in Macon on behalf of the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers alongside Frank Allen, an African-American organizer. The racial dynamics of organizing labor in the South in the 1940s are discussed at length. Ross describes his wife's effort to help organize a plant of the Carling Tile Company by meeting the company's female workers. |
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Biographical or historical note |
Myron Howard "Mike" Ross was born November 9, 1919. Ross worked with a number of unions as an organizer, arbitrator, and advocate in the South. He ran for elective office in North Carolina on the Progressive Party ticket. After receiving public health training, he founded the Fairmont (West Virginia) Clinic, which had the mission of providing high quality medical care for miners and their families. Administering the clinic 1958-1978, Ross developed a longstanding interest in coal miners and worked on writing a history of them. Ross died on January 31, 1987. |
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Language |
English |
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Subject |
Labor unions--Organizing
Race relations
Women in the labor movement |
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Subject (names) |
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) |
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Location depicted |
Macon (Ga.)
Bibb County (Ga.) |
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Extent |
01:08:08 |
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Series |
SERIES VII: Personal and Family History |
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Collection |
M. H. Ross Papers |
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Curatorial Area |
Southern Labor Archives |
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Digital publisher |
Georgia State University Library |
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Finding aid |
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/1 |
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Rights information |
This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). |
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Citation |
Ross, M. H., interviewed by Jane Ross Davis, January 9, 1987, M. H. Ross Papers, Southern Labor Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University. |
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Source format |
oral histories (document genres)
transcripts
interviews |
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Format |
audio/mpeg |
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Type |
Sound |
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Funding note |
Digitization of the M. H. Ross Papers was funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. |
