Harry Bridges - Howard Kimeldorf Oral History Project - Oral History Transcript

Oral History interview with Harry Bridges of the ILWU. Completed on February 25, 1984. This interview is part of the Howard Kimeldorf Oral History Collection by the Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries. Laborarchives.org Harry Bridges helped form and lead the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union for over 40 years. He was prosecuted by the U.S. government for several years for his alleged association with the Communist Party. He became a naturalized citizen in 1945 and continued his activism for labor rights throughout the rest of his life. This item contains two parts: oral history audio file and full text transcription (.pdf).