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H. L. (Harry Leland) Mitchell

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StorylineThe farm workers' boycotts, 1972–19761972–1976 · 10 events · From 1972 Chapel Hill supporters of the United Farm Workers backed the union's boycotts of non-union lettuce, grapes and wines. They persuaded the campus food service to buy union lettuce in 1972, and in 1974 the Chapel Hill Friends of the United Farm Workers picketed a grocery, a wine shop and a Carolina Inn banquet for Gloria Steinem, who carried her salad outside. Cesar Chavez spoke in Memorial Hall for the boycotts in 1974, and in 1976 the group picketed a Gallo-funded Olympic benefit dance on campus.

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January 30, 1974 The Chapel Hill Friends of the United Farm Workers launch a local boycott campaign The group, formed by workers at the Chapel Hill Peace Center, opened its campaign for the national boycott of non-union table grapes, iceberg lettuce and Gallo, Franzia and White River wines with an organizing meeting and rally. H. L. Mitchell, retired president of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union, spoke on the history of farm worker boycotts, and the group planned to press campus food services, picket stores selling boycotted produce and lobby restaurants. People: H. L. (Harry Leland) Mitchell Place: Murphey Hall, University, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, February 1, 1974, p. 2

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William Ruthrauff Amberson papers, 1919-1968; 1971

Amberson, William Ruthrauff, 1894- · 1915

William Ruthrauff Amberson, born 1894, left papers spanning 1919 to 1968 with a small run from 1971. The papers concern the University of Tennessee at Memphis and southern farm politics: the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union, the Delta Cooperative Farm and Providence Plantation in Mississippi, the Socialist Party, and figures such as Norman Thomas, Howard Kester and Pauli Murray. Part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 3862.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Mitchell, H. L. (Harry Leland), 1906-1989.

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