United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-19891934-09-17View 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.image/jpegVIS 82.148.14ahc082148014a.jpghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History CenterStrikes--United StatesStrikes--GeorgiaTextile industry strikes--GeorgiaTextile industry unions--GeorgiaTextile 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--GeorgiaMilitary personnel--United StatesSheriffs--Georgia--AtlantaMilitary uniforms--1930-1940--United StatesUniforms--1930-1940Clothing and dress--1930-1940Hats--1930-1940RiflesInteriors--Georgia--AtlantaMilitary facilities--Georgia--AtlantaForts and fortifications--United StatesFort McPherson (Ga.)National Guard Association of GeorgiaTextile Workers' Strike (Southern States : 1934)New Deal, 1933-1939--GeorgiaGeneral Textile Strike of 1934StillImage