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Letter from a UNCG parent about the food service workers' strike
Date:
March 28, 1969
Author:
Harry B Fesperman
Biographical/Historical abstract:
Harry B. Fesperman was the father of a student at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1969.
Additional contributor:
Description:
This letter, dated March 28, 1969, from Harry B. Fesperman of Thomasville, North Carolina to University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) Chancellor James Sharbrough Ferguson, expresses Fesperman's feelings on aspects related the the UNCG food service workers' strike. Fesperman's daughter Jeanne was a student at UNCG and complained about the fact that the Student Government Association was providing food as part of a cafeteria boycott, and also that student fees were being used to support striking workers. Fesperman agreed and asked that the chancellor look into the matter. The strike took place March 27 - April 2, 1969 at UNCG.
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Format of original:
Correspondence
Collection:
Chancellor James Sharbrough Ferguson Records
Repository:
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Item#:
1.14.211
Rights:
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