General Textile Strike of 1934

Collection:: Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
Title:: General Textile Strike of 1934
Creator:: Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
Date of Original:: 1934-09-17
Subject:: Strikes--United States
Strikes--Georgia
Textile industry strikes--Georgia
Textile industry unions--Georgia
Textile industry unions--United States
Labor unions--Georgia
Labor unions--United States
Organizations--Georgia
Organizations--United States
Employee rights--Georgia
Employee rights--United States
Employees--Georgia
Industry--Georgia
Commercial organizations--Georgia
Textile industry--Georgia
Textile industry--United States
Textile mill workers--Georgia
Military personnel--United States
Sheriffs--Georgia--Atlanta
Military uniforms--1930-1940--United States
Uniforms--1930-1940
Clothing and dress--1930-1940
Hats--1930-1940
Rifles
Interiors--Georgia--Atlanta
Military facilities--Georgia--Atlanta
Forts and fortifications--United States
Fort McPherson (Ga.)
National Guard Association of Georgia
Textile Workers' Strike (Southern States : 1934)
New Deal, 1933-1939--Georgia
Location:: United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
Medium:: photographs
Type:: Still Image
Format:: image/jpeg
Description:: View of picketers captured at the Newnan Cotton Mills in Newnan, Georgia being escorted by Georgia National Guardsmen and sheriffs, at the detention camp in Ft. McPherson, in Atlanta, Georgia.
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.
Local Identifier:: VIS 82.148.14
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Metadata URL:: http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/1119
Extent:: 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
Original Collection:: Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
Holding Institution:: Atlanta History Center
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