Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of F. Palmer Weber, 1985
Creator: | Weber, Frederick Palmer, 1914-1986 | Project: | American entrepreneurs project. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript: 368 pages Sound recording: 11 sound cassettes | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteCivil rights activist
Scope and ContentsFamily 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
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1986
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