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LeMarco. Negro dress making company. Roanoke. March 2, 1959
(WSLS Television, Roanoke, VA)

No spoken word. Footage of the LeMarco Company in Roanoke. On October 13, 1959, WSLS ran a story on the reopening of this business. "What began as a project to provide jobs for negroes in Roanoke failed," the station reported, finding that 75 % of the workers were now white women not "negro gals." (see box 0139)
About the film
  • Date: March 02, 1959
  • Sound: Yes
  • Duration: 00:32
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