Howie, Sam
and Hicks, Perry , “Interview with Perry Hicks [Feburary 9, 1976],” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed December 21, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/37315.
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Interview with Perry Hicks [Feburary 9, 1976]
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Perry Hicks talks about working in a cotton mill in western North Carolina in the early twentieth century. He was born in 1899 and began working at a young age because he dropped out of the six-month school he was attending. He explains the influence the unions had: "naturally, I have, all my life, been opposed to the unions." He says that the unions caused inflation, so the poor people didn't come out ahead anyway. He eventually left the cotton mill because he couldn't support his family.
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Appalachian Region, Southern--Social life and customs--20th century
Appalachian Region, Southern--Social life and customs--19th century
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