Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1984-10-14

Duration: 00:12:12

Subjects: Taylor, Sibal | Louisiana AFL-CIO | Labor | Unions | African Americans | Women

Contributors:

• Hinton, Rob Host
• Stewart, Genevieve Host
• Taylor, Sibal Interviewee

This segment from the October 14, 1984, episode of the series “Folks” features Genevieve Stewart’s interview with Sibal Taylor, an assistant to the president of the Louisiana AFL-CIO and the highest ranking woman in Louisiana’s labor movement. She discusses: her role in lobbying state legislators; the necessity of the labor movement and unions; her greatest concerns for black women; her preference of working in the background; and her proudest accomplishments. Host: Rob Hinton