num_pages: 208
description: In 1929 and 1934, southern textile mill hands, about 400,000 of them, created one of the largest united labor mobilizations in U.S. history. They faced remarkable opposition by management and the state, but the workers wrote, sang, and played songs informed by their own convictions and subcultures, finding a voice on the streets and especially on t
language: English
title: The Voice of Southern Labor: Radio, Music, and Textile Strikes, 1929-1934
publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press