Funding for the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive
provided by a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the
Institute for Museum and Library Services
File Description
| Alt ID: | ellin045 |
| Title: | Revolt in the Delta |
| Author: | Rapp, Alvin |
| Subject and Keywords: | Agricultural laborers |
| Subject and Keywords: | Labor unions |
| Subject and Keywords: | Mississippi |
| Subject and Keywords: | Strikes and lockouts |
| Description: | Report describing the beginning of the Mississippi Freedom Labor Union (MFLU), which was founded in Shaw, Mississippi, to work for higher wages for cotton choppers and truck drivers. Members of the MFLU went on strike in 1965, demanding an increase in wages from $3.50 a day to $1.25 an hour and an 8-hour work day. Several involved in the strike were arrested, and the highest increase in wages was to $4.50 a day. Requests contributions to support future strikes and the expansion of the union. |
| Publisher: | University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version) |
| Other Contributors: | Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. |
| Date: | (YYYY-MM-DD) 1965-07-06 (original) |
| Date: | (YYYY-MM-YY) 2002-12-11 (digital reproduction) |
| Resource Type: | Text |
| Format: | (Extent) Digital reproduction of 1-page document. |
| Source: | Box 1, Folder 9 |
| Relation: | IsPartOf M323 Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection. |
| Relation: | IsPartOf the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. |
| Coverage: | (Time Period) 1965 |
| Rights: | Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required. |