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--Newnan
Textile industry strikes--Georgia--Newnan
Textile industry unions--Georgia--Newnan
Textile industry unions--United States
Labor unions--Georgia--Newnan
Labor unions--United States
Organizations--Georgia--Newnan
Organizations--United States
Employee rights--Georgia--Newnan
Employee rights--United States
Employees--Georgia--Newnan
Industry--Georgia--Newnan
Commercial organizations--Georgia--Newnan
Textile industry--Georgia--Newnan
Textile industry--United States
Textile mill workers--Georgia--Newnan
Law enforcement--Georgia--Newnan
Law enforcement officers--Georgia--Newnan
Police--Georgia--Newnan
Uniforms
Militias--Georgia
Automobiles--1920-1930
Vehicles--Georgia--Newnan
Hats--1930-1940
Clothing and dress--1930-1940
Searches and seizures
Textile Workers' Strike (Southern States : 1934)
New Deal, 1933-1939--Georgia
Newnan Cotton Mills (Newnan, Ga.)
Location:: United States, Georgia, Coweta County, Newnan, 33.38067, -84.79966
Medium:: photographs
Type:: Still Image
Format:: image/jpeg
Description:: View of an unidentified line of picketers being disarmed and arrested at the Newnan Cotton Mills in Newnan, Georgia during the General Textile Strike of 1934.
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 82.148.02
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Metadata URL:: http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/972
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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