Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Shui Mak Ka, 2003
Creator: | Ka, Shui Mak, 1930- | Project: | September 11, 2001 oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | transcript: 14 pages sound recording: 1 MiniDisc (149 min.) | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteUnion Representative
Scope and ContentsBorn in Taishan, Guangdong, China; career: work for tax bureau in China, union organizer in Chinatown, New York City; memories of early childhood; Japanese invasion of China, wartime atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers, death of mother and stepmother; Kuomintang era in China, references to poverty and disease; liberation of China, inflation, joining the Communist Party, arrest of infamous smuggler; union work in the United States, role as union representative in garment industry, memories of strikes and union speeches, confronting non-unionized factories, fear of Chinatown gangs, threats to organizers
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