Real 'Norma Rae' Describes Unionizing Mills
Steve Ferguson's Daily Tar Heel article of 16 November 1983 on Crystal Lee Sutton, whose union organizing at a J.P. Stevens textile mill inspired the 1979 film 'Norma Rae'.
Person in the county’s record
Crystal Lee Sutton
1940–2009 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
The index holds one work for Crystal Lee Sutton so far. Search further, by the Library of Congress heading: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.
Indexed works
Works in the index that concern this person directly, or were written by them. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it; background reading with wider context sits further down.
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Additional research sources
Other catalogs to search and local organizations that can help.
- Read contemporary evidence: DigitalNC newspapers: 13 Orange County pages naming Crystal Lee Sutton DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
- Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for Crystal Lee Sutton NC LIVE An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
- Ask locally: Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room at the Main Library in Hillsborough: books, journals, maps, and microfilm of county records from 1752
- Ask locally: Local History Help Hours and request form OCPL Local History Liaison The library’s Local History Liaison helps in person most Mondays, 12 to 3, at the Main Library, or by the online request form
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