Interview with Steve Kramer, July 15, 1987

Interview Summary

Steve Kramer, a union organizer from New York, talks about his involvement with poverty programs in Appalachia during the War on Poverty in the 1960s. In this interview he discusses how he became involved with community action and how groups like the Appalachian Volunteers and the VISTA workers helped the people of Raleigh County take over their own poverty program from the original board of directors. He discusses how different groups in the community felt towards the outside volunteers and community action in general. He discusses the possibility of successful reform movements today and in the future. He talks about his career in union organizing.

Interview Keyword

anti-poverty organizations

Interview LC Subject

Appalachian Region Appalachian Region--Economic conditions Economic assistance Kramer, Steve Kramer, Steve--Interviews Labor unions--Organizing

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