Hood, Leamon

Joseph Goulden Papers

scaloia — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 11:30:58 -0500

Joseph C. Goulden’s biography of AFSCME president Jerry Wurf was published in 1982. Wurf, a controversial figure in the labor movement, served as president from 1964 until his death in 1981. He gave Goulden permission to write about him, “warts and all,” and facilitated access to AFSCME records and employees. In addition to Wurf himself, Goulden interviewed AFSCME staff including Al Bilik, Victor Gotbaum, Joseph Ames, William Hamilton, Leamon Hood, Donovan McClure, Gerald McEntee, and Ernest Rewolinski, as well as United States Senator George McGovern, Jerry Wurf’s wife, Mildred Keifer Wurf, and brother, Al Wurf. Goulden also conducted significant research using the AFSCME collections at the Reuther Library. Jerry Wurf passed away in 1981, shortly before the book was published.

The Joseph Goulden Papers contain an annotated manuscript and master proof of Goulden’s book, Jerry Wurf: Labor’s Last Angry Man.

Researchers interested in Goulden's interviews should see the Jerry Wurf: Labor's Last Angry Man Oral Histories.

(24767) Remembering King

jruss — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:58:08 -0400

Labor and civil rights leaders sing “We Shall Overcome” during an event to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Memphis Local 1733 sanitation workers strike and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination. Starting third from left: Amalgamated Clothing Workers President Murray Finley, AFSCME President Jerry Wurf, AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer William Lucy, AFSCME Staff Representative Joe Paisley, AFSCME Area Director Leamon Hood, and Local 1733 President Taylor Rogers.

(24783) Hood, Wurf, and Fauntroy Remember King

jruss — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:26:39 -0400

AFSCME International Director Leamon Hood (left), AFSCME President Jerry Wurf (center), and District of Columbia Delegate Walter Fauntroy (right) attend a memorial service for Martin Luther King, Jr. on the third anniversary of his assassination while supporting striking sanitation workers of Memphis Local 1733.

(24785) Memphis Local 1733 Executive Board

jruss — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:50:00 -0400

Members of Memphis Local 1733 executive board at a ceremony on the third anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination. Row 1 from left: Local 1733 acting administrator Leamon Hood; AFSCME President Jerry Wurf; District of Columbia Delegate to Congress Walter Fauntroy; William Lucy, executive assistant to President Wurf; and Alberta Jeffries. Row 2 from left: Florine Cannon, Berry Harwell, Deborah Howery, George Moeller, Annie Boyd, and Fosta Brown. Row 3 from left: Rebecca Hudson, Albert Pigram, Melvin Jones, and Morris Griffin.

(25791) Remembering King

jruss — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:29:29 -0400

Bishop E.L. Hickman of the Diocese of Georgia speaks at an event in Memphis to mark the 3rd anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Seated from left are the Reverend Henry Logan Starks, an important leader during the 1968 sanitation workers strike; Mrs. H.L. Starks; William Lucy, then executive assistant to AFSCME President Jerry Wurf; and Mrs. Leamon Hood, whose husband was a regional director for AFSCME.