Chicago Cold War: Beatrice Lumpkin
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- Created Date
- 2012-02-11
- Description
Beatrice Lumpkin was a member of the Communist Party and had been a staunch union activist throughout her life along with her late husband Frank. Beatrice Lumpkin moved to Chicago in 1949 so that she and her husband could obtain work. As a member of the Communist Party, Lumpkin was involved in many union and human rights issues. In Chicago, Lumpkin took part in the closing of Wisconsin Steel and the civil rights and the women's rights movements. ...
- Creator
Lumpkin, Beatrice
Wright, Brandon
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist : U.S.)
Triangle Shirtwaist Company
Oral history (discipline)
Interviews
Cold War
Communism
Fires (events)
Civil rights
Trade unions - Location
- Gary (Ind.)
Chicago (Ill.) - Format
- Audio file: 58:04 minutes
- Language
- English
- Rights
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- Chicago citation style
- Lumpkin, Beatrice, Wright, Brandon. Chicago Cold War: Beatrice Lumpkin. 2012-02-11. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/278. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Lumpkin, Beatrice, Wright, Brandon, (2012-02-11) Chicago Cold War: Beatrice Lumpkin. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/278
- MLA citation style
- Lumpkin, Beatrice, Wright, Brandon. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/278>.