Rise Gonna Rise, A Portrait of Southern Textile Workers

Rise Gonna Rise, A Portrait of Southern Textile Workers by Mimi Conway. Published by Anchor Press, Garden City, NY, 1979. 1st Stated Edition. Hardbound w/Glassine Protected DJ. Size 8vo. Condition: Fine in Good DJ. Discarded Library Book. ISBN 038513195X. LCCN 78-55839. Photographs by Earl Dotter. An account of the lives of this nation's lowest-paid industrial workers, told in their own words. Their stories bring to life the bitter union battle with giant J. P. Stevens, America's second largest textile company. The textiles industry is the bedrock of the southern economy. Antiunionism is the bedrock of the textile industry. Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, the only location where Stevens workers have voted for union representation. 228 Pgs. Description text copyright 2001 www.BooksForComfort.com. Item ID 4215.