Documenting the American South: Oral Histories of the American South

Collections >> Oral Histories of the American South >> Search Results

Search this Collection

Collection Themes

Charlotte

Civil Rights

Environmental Transformations

Piedmont Industrialization

Southern Politics

Southern Women

About this Collection
Acknowledgments

Search Results

Results based on following search criteria:

Interviewee:

Clay East

All Records for: Clay East

1.	Clay East, September 22, 1973. Interview E-0003. Founding Member of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union Discusses Socialism and Organized Labor: Clay East was a founding member of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. In this interview, he describes life in Tyronza, Arkansas, during the 1920s and 1930s; his conversion to socialism; his observation of the problems of tenant farmers and sharecroppers; and his role in the formation of the union during the early 1930s. Interviewee: Clay East Interviewer: Sue Thrasher Duration: 03:44:22 Annotated Excerpts: Listen to and read all 13 excerpts.

Clay East, September 22, 1973. Interview E-0003.
Founding Member of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union Discusses Socialism and Organized Labor: Clay East was a founding member of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. In this interview, he describes life in Tyronza, Arkansas, during the 1920s and 1930s; his conversion to socialism; his observation of the problems of tenant farmers and sharecroppers; and his role in the formation of the union during the early 1930s.
Interviewee: Clay East Interviewer: Sue Thrasher
Duration: 03:44:22 Annotated Excerpts: Listen to and read all 13 excerpts.

About this Collection • Acknowledgments