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:

Wilbur Hobby

All Records for: Wilbur Hobby

1.	Wilbur Hobby, March 13, 1975. Interview E-0006. Southern Tobacco Worker Describes His Involvement in the Labor Movement and Politics: Wilbur Hobby describes growing up impoverished in Durham, North Carolina, during the Great Depression and his eventual involvement in the labor movement. Employed by the American Tobacco Company after World War II, he became an active member of the union and eventually became a leader in such organizations as the Voters for Better Government and the Committee on Political Education. Interviewee: Wilbur Hobby Interviewer: William Finger Duration: 01:28:53 Annotated Excerpts: Listen to and read all 5 excerpts.

Wilbur Hobby, March 13, 1975. Interview E-0006.
Southern Tobacco Worker Describes His Involvement in the Labor Movement and Politics: Wilbur Hobby describes growing up impoverished in Durham, North Carolina, during the Great Depression and his eventual involvement in the labor movement. Employed by the American Tobacco Company after World War II, he became an active member of the union and eventually became a leader in such organizations as the Voters for Better Government and the Committee on Political Education.
Interviewee: Wilbur Hobby Interviewer: William Finger
Duration: 01:28:53 Annotated Excerpts: Listen to and read all 5 excerpts.

About this Collection • Acknowledgments