Podcasts about loray mill

Drs. Sequina DuBose and Laura Waringer from the University of North Carolina Charlotte talk about their new original musical, "Threads," which is based on the life of Gaston County mill worker and activist Ella May Wiggins. The play is a work in progress, and a free table reading of the play is happening Wednesday, May 8, at the Loray Mill in Gastonia. 

A traveling exhibit dedicated to telling the stories of the Tuskegee Airmen comes to the African-American Museum of History and Culture at Loray Mill from April 18-23. Hear from Museum Curator Dot Guthrie on what to expect from this unique opportunity. 

Dot Guthrie, the founder of the African-American Museum of History and Culture at Loray Mill and a longtime member of the Gaston County School Board, talks about why it was important for her to get her COVID-19 vaccine, and some of the lessons she's learned during the pandemic.

The Loray Mill Strike of 1929 is an important moment in Gaston County Textile History. For more information on Gaston County Textile Heritage, click here.To listen to a performance of Ella's ballad Mill Mother's Lament, click here.Episode music provided by: https://www.purple-planet.comEpisode transcript.

Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Wiley Cash discusses his novel, The Last Ballad (William Morrow, 2017) writing fiction inspired by the South, and exploring the complexities of southern class, race, and gender relations against the backdrop of the 1929 Loray Mill strike. Intertwining myriad voices, Wiley Cash brings to life the heartbreak and bravery of the now forgotten struggle of the labor movement in early twentieth-century America—and pays tribute to the thousands of heroic women and men who risked their lives to win basic rights for all workers. Lyrical, heartbreaking, and haunting, this eloquent novel confirms Wiley Cash’s place among our nation’s finest writers. Beth A. English is director of the Liechtenstein Institute's Project on Gender in the Global Community at Princeton University. She also is a past president of the Southern Labor History Association.

Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Wiley Cash discusses his novel, The Last Ballad (William Morrow, 2017) writing fiction inspired by the South, and exploring the complexities of southern class, race, and gender relations against the backdrop of the 1929 Loray Mill strike. Intertwining myriad voices, Wiley Cash brings to life the heartbreak and bravery of the now forgotten struggle of the labor movement in early twentieth-century America—and pays tribute to the thousands of heroic women and men who risked their lives to win basic rights for all workers. Lyrical, heartbreaking, and haunting, this eloquent novel confirms Wiley Cash’s place among our nation’s finest writers. Beth A. English is director of the Liechtenstein Institute's Project on Gender in the Global Community at Princeton University. She also is a past president of the Southern Labor History Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Wiley Cash discusses his novel, The Last Ballad (William Morrow, 2017) writing fiction inspired by the South, and exploring the complexities of southern class, race, and gender relations against the backdrop of the 1929 Loray Mill strike. Intertwining myriad voices, Wiley Cash brings to life the heartbreak and bravery of the now forgotten struggle of the labor movement in early twentieth-century America—and pays tribute to the thousands of heroic women and men who risked their lives to win basic rights for all workers. Lyrical, heartbreaking, and haunting, this eloquent novel confirms Wiley Cash’s place among our nation’s finest writers. Beth A. English is director of the Liechtenstein Institute's Project on Gender in the Global Community at Princeton University. She also is a past president of the Southern Labor History Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s show: Working History’s Beth English interviews award-winning New York Times bestselling author Wiley Cash. His novel, The Last Ballad, explores the complexities of southern class, race, and gender relations against the backdrop of the 1929 Loray Mill strike, one of the most notable strikes in U.S. labor history. The Working History podcast is put out by the Southern Labor Studies Association: https://southernlaborstudies.wildapricot.org/ Ella Mae by Radney Foster for The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash https://youtu.be/TNqY-Bd7N3Y Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Produced & engineered by Chris Garlock and Patrick Dixon.

Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Wiley Cash discusses his novel, "The Last Ballad," writing fiction inspired by the South, and exploring the complexities of southern class, race, and gender relations against the backdrop of the 1929 Loray Mill strike.

How the former Loray Mill textile facility is set to be renovated for commercial & residential use. The Dilworth Tennis club offers inclusive fun & exercise to all participants. And Jodee Nimerichter gives us a preview of this year's American Dance Festival.

The Loray Mill is transformed into residential & commercial space. The Muddy Sneakers program gives students a real world science experience. Dr. Rand Allingham talks about Glaucoma Awareness Month.