Reminiscences of F. Palmer Weber, 1985
- Name
- Weber, Frederick Palmer, 1914-1986 (Interviewee)
- Skotnes, Andor (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of F. Palmer Weber, 1985
- Abstract
- Family background and southern cultural heritage; student activist at University of Virginia; union organizer; study of destitute migration; national defense and mobilization of labor for war production; abolition of poll tax; Washington political scene; internal struggles of Congress of Industrial Organization's Political Action Committee; black voting rights; 1948 presidential campaign; marketing analyst on Wall Street; setting up Emergency Civil Liberties Committee; involvement of Wall Street in Vietnam War
- Collection Name
- American entrepreneurs project
- Subjects
- Capitalists and financiers; Financial institutions; Labor unions--Officials and employees; Labor mobility; Civil rights--United States; African Americans--Civil rights; United States Politics and government 1933-1953; Weber, Frederick Palmer, 1914-1986; Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 368 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Civil rights activist
- Note
- Interviewed by Andor Skotnes
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 17025854
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/mw8f-vx81
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.