Interview with John Flynn (Pseudonym), June 4, 1982
Project: I Remember When: Times Gone But Not Forgotten Oral History Project
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Born in the tough Irish-American neighborhood of Grays Ferry, John Flynn learned how to fight at a young age, started to work full time at the age of 14, and soon was part of a gang that hung out in Philadelphia's infamous Tenderloin District on the north side of Center City. During the labor wars of the Great Depression, Flynn was a union organizer for Teamsters Local 107 and worked as a longshoreman, circular distributor, and in other jobs.Interview Accession
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Flynn, John (Pseudonym) Interview by Charles Hardy, III. 04 Jun. 1982. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Flynn, J. (Pseudonym) (1982, June 04). Interview by C. H. III. I Remember When: Times Gone But Not Forgotten Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Flynn, John (Pseudonym), interview by Charles Hardy, III. June 04, 1982, I Remember When: Times Gone But Not Forgotten Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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