| Title: |
Spencer Wylie
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
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| Collection: |
Labor History: Desegregating Unions during WWII
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| Description: |
Spencer Wylie, labor and civil rights activist, rose from menial floor sweeping jobs to become a certified maintenance welder at the beginning of WWII. While working at the shipyards, he participated in the boycott of the Boilermakers Jim Crow Auxiliary A35.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Wylie, Spencer
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker occupation: |
Activist; Welder
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Organizations discussed: |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, MD; Urban League, New York, NY
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
California; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African American civil rights workers; African American labor union members; African American men--Employment; African Americans--Employment; California; Labor unions--Officials and employees; Labor unions--United States; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, MD; North America; Oral history; Shipyards; United States; Urban League, New York, NY; World War II, 1939-1945
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| ASP release: |
2007-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0035163-38731
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