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Transcript of interview (Feb 1996- Atlanta, GA) of SCLC staff member Hosea William by Steve Estes. Topics discussed include: Charleston and Memphis strikers; the gender issues in the movement; roles of the union, police in Charleston strike, police brutality.

Transcript of interview (Feb 1996- Atlanta, GA) of SCLC staff member and civil rights activist Reverend R. B. Cottonreader by Steve Estes. Topics discuss include: Charleston and Memphis strikes; Martin Luther King assassination; “I AM a Man” slogan; racial tensions; power struggle; voting rights; relationship between SCLC and the Black Muslims; nonviolence; the Poor People’s Campaign.

Transcript of interview (March 1980- Charleston, SC) of local activist William Saunders by Leon Fink. Topics discussed include: Charleston strike; background and narrative of strike; relationship b/w local organizers, SCLC, and Union 1199; violence and militancy; the Community Relations Committee; differences in roles and tactics of activists; ideology of Malcolm X.

Transcript of interview (January 1980- Chapel Hill, NC) of SCLC staff member Andrew Young by Leon Fink. Topics discussed include: Charleston strike; relationship b/w Union 1199 and civil rights movement; relationship b/w SCLC and Union 1199; economic issue of race—Poor People’s Campaign; involvement of different parts of the local black community in strike.

Transcript of interview (October 1994- Charleston, SC) of waiver nurse Mary Moultrie by Steve Estes. Topics discussed include: summary of Charleston strike; origin of movement; role of Union; individual roles of Bill Saunders and Isaiah Bennett and others in the movement; demonstrations, pickets; sense of camaraderie.

Transcript of interview (October 1994- Charleston, SC) of nursing assistant Jessie Jefferson by Steve Estes. Charleston strike topics discussed include: nurses’ wages and working condition before and after strike; segregation at Medical College; picketing and striking in Charleston; being arrested and in prison; influence of the ILA; impact of Mrs. Coretta Scott King’s arrival.

Transcript of interview (October 1994- Charleston, SC) of local union worker and organizer Isaiah Bennett by Steve Estes. Topics discussed include: background of strike; union involvement; role of SCLC; impact of strike on local community.

Transcript of interview (October 1994- Charleston, SC) of nursing assistant Naomi White by Steve Estes. Charleston strike topics discussed include: the experience of picketing; police brutality/violence; police chief John Conroy; economic boycott and its effect on the city; result of the strike.

Transcript of interview (October 1994) of Dr. Kelly McKee (Interim Chairman of Dept. of Medicine in 1996) by Steve Estes. Topics discussed on Charleston strike include: Medical College’s administration’s position on strike; effect strike had on hospital; discussion of lack of justification for the strike.

Four mini cassette tape-recordings of interview conducted by Steve Estes (transcribed above): Hosea Williams, R.B. Cottonreader. Mary Moultrie, Jessie Jefferson, Naomi White, Kelly McKee.