United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-19891934-09-17View of unidentified men from the Georgia National Guard who were dispatched to the Newnan Cotton Mills in Newnan, Georgia in response to a labor disturbance.On Labor Day in 1934, textile workers in the northeast and southeast began a strike against their treatment by employers at the mills. In response to the strike 72,000 southern textile workers were blacklisted from the mills. The strike led to the formation of the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) in 1939.image/jpegVIS 82.148.07ahc082148007a.jpghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History CenterStrikes--United StatesStrikes--Georgia--NewnanTextile industry strikes--Georgia--NewnanTextile industry unions--Georgia--NewnanTextile industry unions--United StatesLabor unions--GeorgiaLabor unions--United StatesOrganizations--GeorgiaOrganizations--United StatesEmployee rights--GeorgiaEmployee rights--United StatesEmployees--GeorgiaIndustry--GeorgiaCommercial organizations--GeorgiaTextile industry--GeorgiaTextile industry--United StatesTextile mill workers--GeorgiaTents--GeorgiaShelters--GeorgiaNational Guard Association of GeorgiaTextile Workers' Strike (Southern States : 1934)New Deal, 1933-1939--GeorgiaNewnan Cotton Mills (Newnan, Ga.)General Textile Strike of 1934StillImage